5-yr-old gets hit by cab, sustains facial injuries

Kolkata: A five-year-old boy sustained facial injury after an app cab hit him while he was returning from school on Darga Road near Park Circus Maidan. The driver was intercepted by police and taken in to custody. The cab was also seized.

According to police, on Wednesday around 2:35 pm, Aditya Shetty was returning home from his school situated near Park Circus Don Bosco island along with his elder sister and mother. Their car was parked opposite school. The south-bound vehicles were given a green signal to go ahead. At the same time Shetty's mother was moving towards the car with him and his elder sister.

Suddenly her phone rang and she answered the call while moving towards the road from footpath.

Just as she stepped on the road, an app cab coming from the side of Don Bosco island and moving towards Park Circus number 4 bridge hit Shetty.

Though Shetty was the only one who was hit, his mother and sister also fell on road due to the impact. Seeing the incident, locals and other guardians gathered. The driver of the cab, Kailash Raut, immediately applied emergency break and stopped the vehicle.

According to some locals, if driver did not stop, the girl would have run over as she was very close to the front wheel of the cab. Immediately, traffic sergeants posted took Shetty and others to a private hospital near Minto Park, where Shetty was admitted. According to the police, Shetty sustained facial injuries. Later Raut was detained. He and the cab were handed over to Beniapukur police station for further course of action.

Sources informed that a case has been initiated against Raut for driving dangerously causing injury to public.