<p>A 40-year-old truck driver has been arrested for crushing his teenaged son to death at south Delhi’s Pulprahladpur on Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to police, 18-year-old Mosam Ahmad, a resident of Railway Colony at Tughlakabad, was standing in front of his father Meeraj’s truck when the incident occurred at around 5.15 am.<br /><br />“The truck was parked at Maa Anandmai Marg. Meeraj was sitting on the driver’s seat, while Mosam was standing in front of the vehicle,” a police officer said.<br /><br />It is alleged that Meeraj accidentally drove the truck with Mosam still standing in front. “The teenager came under the rear wheel of the truck,” the officer added.<br /><br />The incident was witnessed by staff of a police control room van, who rushed to the spot. They dragged Mosam from under the truck where he was lying in a pool of blood.<br /><br />He was transported to ESI Hospital with a head injury and was later shifted to AIIMS Trauma Centre. <br /><br />“The head injury proved fatal with doctors pronouncing him dead on admission at AIIMS Trauma Centre,” the officer said.<br /><br />A case under sections 304 A (causing death by negligence) and 279 (rash driving) was lodged with Pulprahladpur police station against Meeraj. <br /><br />He was arrested and later released on bail. Speeding truck kills one <br />In another incident, a person was killed and another injured when they were hit by a speeding truck in west Delhi’s Nangloi on Saturday.</p>
<p>A 40-year-old truck driver has been arrested for crushing his teenaged son to death at south Delhi’s Pulprahladpur on Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to police, 18-year-old Mosam Ahmad, a resident of Railway Colony at Tughlakabad, was standing in front of his father Meeraj’s truck when the incident occurred at around 5.15 am.<br /><br />“The truck was parked at Maa Anandmai Marg. Meeraj was sitting on the driver’s seat, while Mosam was standing in front of the vehicle,” a police officer said.<br /><br />It is alleged that Meeraj accidentally drove the truck with Mosam still standing in front. “The teenager came under the rear wheel of the truck,” the officer added.<br /><br />The incident was witnessed by staff of a police control room van, who rushed to the spot. They dragged Mosam from under the truck where he was lying in a pool of blood.<br /><br />He was transported to ESI Hospital with a head injury and was later shifted to AIIMS Trauma Centre. <br /><br />“The head injury proved fatal with doctors pronouncing him dead on admission at AIIMS Trauma Centre,” the officer said.<br /><br />A case under sections 304 A (causing death by negligence) and 279 (rash driving) was lodged with Pulprahladpur police station against Meeraj. <br /><br />He was arrested and later released on bail. Speeding truck kills one <br />In another incident, a person was killed and another injured when they were hit by a speeding truck in west Delhi’s Nangloi on Saturday.</p>
