A three-year-old child was crushed to death after an e-rickshaw which was allegedly trying to avoid a dug-up portion of a service lane. The incident happened in West Delhi's Dwarka on Saturday afternoon.
The police officials that their investigation is on and they are yet to ascertain the exact role of the dug-up portion in the accident. Meanwhile, the local residents claimed that the e-rickshaw toppled the girl and crushed her to death.
A local resident told that the road has been dug for several months now, leaving the stretch dangerous for commuters. The three-year-old victim was identified as Ikra, who lived with her family in Dwarka Sector 14. Ikra's father Mushtaq told that the eye-witnesses said that they saw an e-rickshaw climb up on a heap of mud dug out and toppling over on Ikra.
The child died on the spot and the commuters on e-rickshaw escaped with minor injuries and the child died on the spot. Ikra was rushed to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, but she was declared brought dead by the hospital staff. Police said she had died of head injuries.
However, the e-rickshaw driver was arrested by the police.