Credit: Special Arrangement
Bengaluru: A three-year-old child in Subhash Nagar, Nelamangala, survived after a speeding car ran him over on Sunday evening.
The near-fatal incident was captured on CCTV and led to the driver’s arrest for reckless negligence, police said.
The boy, Dakshit, was playing on the residential road when a Maruti Ertiga (KA 52 N 0460) approached a bend at high speed. The driver, Kishore, failed to control the vehicle and it ran over the child.
Police said the child’s screams drew residents out of their homes. They rushed him to a private hospital, where he is undergoing treatment for serious injuries to his head, face and back. Officers said he survived despite the severity of the impact.
CCTV footage shows the driver operating the car in a reckless manner within the residential lane.
Nelamangala traffic police have registered a case and arrested Kishore.