Truck crushes 13-yr-old to death

BANGALORE: A 13-year-old boy was crushed to death after a speeding truck rammed him at Jalahalli Cross , Peenya, on Bangalore-Tumkur Highway, on Friday.
Hemanth Kumar Vasudev, a resident of Alur near Madanayakanahalli , was returning home after celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi at his aunt’s place. Hemanth, along with his father and elder sister , had come to aunt Sanjeevamma’s place in Hesaraghatta Main Road on Tuesday evening.A Class VII student, Hemanth is survived by his parents and sister.
According to Sanjeevamma, they were crossing National Highway 4 at 6.30am when the accident took place. “Hemanth had school on Friday so he wanted to go home. We were heading towards the bus stop,” Sanjeevamma told police.
Seeing the truck, Sanjeevamma stepped onto the median but by then Hemanth had already started crossing the road. “The driver couldn’t control the vehicle and hit the boy,” she told them.
Driver Syed Aslam, a Bangarpet resident, was arrested and his vehicle seized . The body was sent for autopsy.