Two-year-old crushed under school bus
September 25th, 2010 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANSHyderabad, Sep 25 (IANS) A two-year-old girl playing outside her house was crushed under a school bus here Saturday, police said.
The girl was playing in front of her residence in Attapur neighbourhood when she came under the rear wheels of the mini bus that was reversing.
Eye witnesses said the bus driver failed to spot the little girl. She sustained serious injuries and succumbed before she could be shifted to hospital.
The child’s parents were inconsolable. The accident sent shock waves in the residential locality.
The bus driver fled soon after the accident. Police said they have registered a case.
Residents said there was nobody on the bus to help the driver and the negligence of the school authorities led to the accident.
In a similar incident, a school child came under the wheels of his school bus while alighting from the vehicle near his house.
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