As per the information, the toddler was sitting on the road when her neighbour’s car approached her, she stood up when it came very close to her but the car hit her before she could move away, as shown in the CCTV footage. The driver didn’t stop even after the impact and crushed the girl under the wheels. She died on the spot.
A motorbike was also seen passing her by before the car knocked her down.
The CCTV footage of the incident is going viral on social media and it can be seen in the video that the minor girl is sitting in a narrow lane and playing while sitting in the middle of the road. An auto-rickshaw is also parked on the side of the road where the child is seen playing.
Her family, which has been living in the Barra 7 area of Kanpur for the last 10 years, was inside the house as she lay motionless on the road covered in her blood.
The girl’s father claimed that the car belonged to their neighbor and he hit his child and drove away. He should have taken her to a hospital for humanity’s sake. The accused and his car have been missing since the accident.
A crowd gathered at the spot as the police arrived to investigate the case. The police claimed that a report has been filed in connection with the matter and that legal action has been initiated against the driver of the SUV. Naubasta Assistant Police Commissioner Manjay Singh said that the dead body has been sent to the mortuary house and the car has been identified with the help of the CCTV footage.
The car and the driver will be taken into custody soon and further legal action will be taken against them.