Speeding truck mows down five-year-old boy

A five-year-old boy was mowed down by a speeding truck at Dhani Shankar in Bilaspur on Thursday, police said on Friday

Published on: Oct 10, 2026, 07:35:10 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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A five-year-old boy was mowed down by a speeding truck at Dhani Shankar in Bilaspur on Thursday, police said on Friday.

The victim’s father, Atul Kumar, 39, was also critically injured in the accident, police said.

Police said the incident took place at 7:30 pm when Atul was returning home with his wife, son, and six-year-old daughter.

A senior police officer said that the couple and the two children were walking along the road when the speeding truck hit them from behind.

“The boy was instantly killed on the spot while Atul’s legs were critically injured. Commuters rushed the duo to a private hospital in Manesar and alerted the police,” he said, adding that the boy was declared dead at the hospital.

Police said the truck driver fled the spot along with the vehicle.

Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said that on Atul’s statement, an FIR was registered against an unidentified truck driver under sections 106 (causing death by negligence), 281 (rash driving) and 125 (act endangering life or personal safety of others) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at Bilaspur police station on Friday.

“CCTV camera footage from near the spot was being scanned to trace the truck,” he added.

Infant drowns in bucket

In a separate incident, a nine-month-old boy drowned after falling into a bucket filled with water at his home in Gurugram’s Bhangrola at 12.30 pm on Friday. Police said his mother was washing clothes when he crawled near her and tried to stand, using the bucket for support. However, he lost his balance, fell into the bucket, and drowned.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Debashish Karmakar
Debashish Karmakar is a principal correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Gurugram bureau. He has a vast journalistic experience of almost 14 years of covering crime, court, power, transport, administration, weather and other beats while working across various organisations. He has been covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Palwal and other districts of southern Haryana for more than four and a half years. He has produced several breaking and exclusive stories while reporting from the ground where he maintains a strong presence on a daily basis. He writes news articles which are hard-hitting and accurate. With his strong bureaucratic sources, he frequently writes stories to expose the failure of the system forcing authorities to take necessary course-corrective steps. Besides crime, important convictions and court orders, he also writes on human-angle stories, on power issues and challenges faced by the residents on a daily basis in Gurugram and neighbouring areas. In the past, he worked for media houses like The Times of India, where he extensively reported on important government matters and daily proceedings at the Patna High Court. He has also worked in the electronic media and had done ground coverage on the Kedarnath deluge that wrecked Uttarakhand in 2013.Read More

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