Overview

• The crash occurred around 4:42 PM on August 11 in MMRDA Colony, Kanjurmarg, when three-year-old Om Kanojia was struck by a reversing Hyundai Santro.
• The vehicle’s front wheel crushed the child, who was extricated by local residents and initially taken to Ankur Hospital before being moved to Sion Hospital’s ICU.
• Police have identified the driver as 30-year-old Milind Ramakant Komnak, a fellow colony resident, and registered a case under Sections 281, 125(a) and 125(b) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
• Security-camera footage of the incident has gone viral on social media, renewing concerns over blind-spot risks and pedestrian safety in narrow residential streets.
• The case remains under investigation as the critically injured boy continues to receive treatment at Sion Hospital.