Telangana: Two-year-old girl run over by goods carrier in Shamshabad

Victim Keerthi was playing near her grandparents’ house when the vehicle loaded with cement bags mowed her down

Hyderabad: A two-year-old toddler was run over by a rashly driven goods carrier while she was playing at Rallaguda in Shamshabad in the city suburbs on Friday.

The girl identified as K Keerthi, whose family hails from Markal in Nagarkurnool district, was playing near her grandparents’ house in Shamshabad when the mishap occurred.

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According to the police, Keerthi’s father Shiva Shankar worked as a construction worker and the family had recently come to the city and was staying with her grandparents.

The goods carrier loaded with cement bags mowed her down while she was playing on the street near the house.

“She came under the front tyre on the right side of the vehicle. She suffered grievous bleeding injuries and was rushed to a nearby private hospital, where doctors declared her dead,” police said.

Based on a complaint from her father, the Shamshabad police have booked a case of negligence causing death and took up investigation.

The driver who was detained told the police that he had not seen Keerthi playing there and that the child had suddenly come under the wheel.

The body was shifted to Osmania General Hospital morgue for autopsy.