Reversing SUV mows down 4-year-old girl

The incident happened near Baghe Yusuf building in Chavindra, when the girl, identified as Alina Akram Mansuri, came to Bhiwandi along with her parents to attend a relative’s wedding. Alina was playing behind an SUV when the driver tried to reverse it

BHIWANDI: A four-year-old girl was mowed down by an SUV while it was being reversed in Bhiwandi on Monday evening, the police said on Wednesday.

Reversing SUV mows down 4-year-old girl

The incident happened near Baghe Yusuf building in Chavindra, when the girl, identified as Alina Akram Mansuri, came to Bhiwandi along with her parents to attend a relative’s wedding.

The police said that Akram Mansuri, the father of the girl, along with his wife and daughter arrived on a motorbike from Nalasopara. When he went to park his bike, the girl saw some children playing and joined them.

Alina was playing behind an SUV and unaware of her presence, the driver tried to reverse the four-wheeler and mowed down her.

Her family members and locals took her to the state-run Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Bhiwandi where she was declared dead before arrival. The body of the girl was handed over to family after a post-mortem.

Mansuri claimed that the SUV driver was listening to songs at full volume and the vehicle’s windows were shut when he tried to reverse it. “When a guest at the wedding saw Alina was being crushed under the rear wheel of the SUV, He rushed to the vehicle and knocked on the door to stop the car, but the driver misunderstood and took the vehicle forward, crushing the girl again under the rear wheel,” Mansuri added.

Ranvir Prakash Bays, senior police inspector, Bhiwandi Taluka, said, “The driver, identified as Saddam Maqbool Shaikh, was arrested. The owner of the SUV had come to attend the wedding ceremony. The girl suffered head and serious body injuries and succumbed to her injuries.”

A case was registered against the driver under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Motor Vehicle Act.