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Bengaluru: A six-year-old boy was crushed to death by a goods truck while attending to nature's call near his house on Siddaiah Road in Vinobha Nagar on Monday morning.
Police reports said that the boy, Ashwanth, went to relieve himself near the rear wheel of a goods truck from Rajasthan, parked near Urvashi Theatre, between 11 am and 11.15 am.
Unaware that the child was there, the 40-year-old truck driver, Abdul Razak from Haryana, reversed the vehicle, crushing the boy.
An investigator said that the boy's family was not present at the time of the accident. The boy's father worked in aluminum fabrication, while his mother was a daily wage worker.
A case has been registered at the City Market traffic police station under sections 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way) and 304A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
"The driver has been detained, and his vehicle has been impounded," said an officer, adding that further procedures are underway.