HYDERABAD: In a shocking incident, a 21-year-month-old baby was run over by a private school van at Shabad in Rangareddy district. The girl identified as Momula Adhya had come to the main road along with her mother, who was seeing of the girl's elder brother to school. While the mother was busy helping the boy to board the school van, Adhya came behind her crawling, which was noticed by the van driver. After the boy boarded the van, the driver started the bus, resulting in crushing Adhya under the wheels said the Shabad Police.
A case of causing death due to negligence was booked against the van driver and the school management. M Ravi Kumar, Sub Inspector Shabad Police station said that the school van though had all necessary permissions, it had no attender to take care of the kids.
Momula Chandrashekar Reddy and Lavanya, a farmer couple from Gopigadda village under Shabad Mandal, had two kids Satvik Reddy(4) and Adhya (21 months).
A week ago, Satwik was admitted to Sumedha Montessori School located at Shabad town in LKG. On Monday morning, when the school van no TS 07UA 0495 came to pick up the kids, Lavanya took Satvik to the van halted on the main road, located a few meters away in front of their house. Without their knowledge, Adhya crawled behind them. While Lavanya was busy helping Satvik board the van, Adhya also came near the bus and stood in front of the van near the left tire.
After Satwik boarded the van, the van driver Jangaiah aged around 35 years started the vehicle, not noticing the child standing near the front wheel.
“As a result, the child came under the front wheel of the vehicle and died on the spot as the wheel crushed her. There were more than 20 kids in the vehicle at the time of the incident,” said Ravi Kumar.
As per the norms, the vehicle should have an attender to take care of the kids, but since the school management did not employ an attender, the school management along with the van driver is booked for causing death due to negligence.
The body of the girl was handed over to the family after an autopsy and the driver was detained for questioning.