BENGALURU: A 13-year-old riding pillion on her mother’s scooter was killed after a concrete crusher truck brushed against the two-wheeler while trying to overtake it on December 25.
While Jayashree B died instantly, her mother and two younger brothers, who were also on the vehicle, sustained fractures. The truck driver fled leaving the vehicle behind.
Police have filed an FIR under IPC sections 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way), 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others), and 304A (causing death due to negligence).
Varthur resident Vinimala K, 35, and her three children were on their way to her sister’s place when the accident took place, between 3.15pm and 3.30pm, on Gunjur-Varthur main road. The truck that was trying to overtake the scooter ended up brushing against the two-wheeler’s right handle.
“As it was a narrow stretch and there was mud debris on the left side of the road towards Varthur, Vinimala and her children fell to the right,” said a police officer who witnessed the incident. “The girl who was sitting at the end of the pillion fell first and came under the wheels of the concrete crusher.”
