8-Year-Old Boy Dies After Mumbai Woman, on a Phone Call, Runs Speeding SUV over Him in Bandra
Police said the driver was distracted by a phone call and speeding when the car struck the boy, who was declared dead at a hospital.
- On Sunday, eight-year-old Ansh Gupta died after nutritionist Megha Rawal, 45, struck him with her Innova Crysta near Jijamata Garden on John Baptist Road in Bandra West.
- Police allege Rawal was driving at excessive speed and distracted by a mobile phone call when the vehicle struck the child, prompting investigation into crash circumstances.
- Following the collision, responders rushed Ansh to Holy Family Hospital, where doctors declared the child dead upon arrival despite his grievous injuries.
- Bandra Police arrested Rawal and registered a case under Sections 105, 281, and 125 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, plus Section 184 of the Motor Vehicles Act.
- Rawal, a fitness coach and founder of healthcare brand Memzo, remains in custody as the family of Ansh remains in shock and investigation continues.
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9-Year-Old Boy Killed In Mumbai Hit-And-Run After Innova Crysta Runs Him Over, Woman Driver Arrested
An 8-year-old child met with a fatal accident after he was run over by an Innova Crysta in Mumbai's Bandra locality on Sunday afternoon. Ansh Ravindra Gupta was crossing the street adjacent to Jijamata Garden on John Baptist Road
An 8-year-old boy was crushed by a speeding Innova car in Bandra, Mumbai. The child died in the accident, and the female driver was arrested.
8-year-old boy killed as woman car driver on phone knocks him down on Mumbai street - The Tribune
An eight-year-old boy was run over and killed by a speeding car on Sunday, allegedly driven by a 45-year-old woman who was prima facie distracted while talking on her mobile phone in Bandra area of Mumbai, police said, adding that she has been arrested.
8-year-old boy run over by Innova driver talking on phone in Bandra
An eight-year-old boy was run over by an Innova Crysta while crossing John Baptist Road in Bandra West on Sunday. Police arrested the driver, Megha Rawal, as investigators examined allegations of speeding and phone distraction.
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