A 55-year-old sanitation worker with the BBMP was killed after a speeding canter knocked her down while she was sweeping the road near JP Nagar on Sunday morning.
The victim, Anadalamma, was a resident of Parappana Agrahara. The Jayanagar traffic police said Andalamma was sweeping the road at 14th Main Road in JP Nagar. While she was crossing the road to sweep the other side of the stretch, the canter hit her and the wheels ran over her legs.
Passers-by and traffic police rushed her to the hospital. But she died of excessive bleeding, the police said. The police have registered an FIR against the canter driver and arrested him following a complaint filed by the victim’s sons. The police recorded a statement of an eyewitness who said the accident happened as the canter was over speed.
Published 28 April 2019, 18:14 IST