Four-year-old boy killed after allegedly being hit by unidentified car in Gurugram

Police said the father and son were returning on foot from Bikaner Chowk to their residence, a distance of over 300 metres, when the car coming from the front allegedly hit the boy.

A four-year-old boy was killed after allegedly being hit by a car near Sector 37 on Saturday evening. Police said the boy was thrown off at least ten feet on the roadside due to the impact of the collision and sustained severe injuries. He was declared dead on arrival at the civil hospital, police said.

A four-year-old boy was killed after allegedly being hit by a car near Sector 37 on Saturday evening. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

The boy was identified as Vikas. According to police, the incident took place around 5.30 pm when Bablu, a native of Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh who stays on rent in Khandsa village, had gone to run an errand with the victim, who was his youngest son.

Police said the father and son were returning on foot from Bikaner Chowk to their residence, a distance of over 300 metres, when the car coming from the front allegedly hit the boy.

In his police complaint, Bablu said that due to the impact of the collision, his son fell ten feet away.

“I could not note down the registration number of the car. It was a white car whose roof was painted black. With the help of passersby, I arranged a private vehicle and rushed my son to the civil hospital, where he was declared brought dead,” said the boy’s father in the police complaint.

Rakesh Kumar, station house officer (SHO), Sector 37 police station, said the car driver was yet to be identified.

“Some passersby tried to stop the car but the driver managed to escape. Police are trying to trace the suspect by screening the CCTV footage from the spot,” the SHO said, adding that the victim’s father was not injured in the incident.

The boy’s father works at a private company in Sector 37. A case was registered against the car driver under sections 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way) and 304-A (death by negligence) of Indian Penal Code on Saturday.