Overview
- A five-year-old girl named Priyal fell from an allegedly overloaded auto rickshaw and was run over by a speeding truck on Golf Course Extension Road on Sunday, and police say the truck sped away after the crash.
- Officers have registered an FIR in the Priyal case under sections 106 (causing death by negligence) and 281 (rash driving) and are scanning CCTV to identify and arrest the truck driver.
- A separate incident on Monday night saw two-year-old Adrija struck while playing outside her Sector 5/6 home; CCTV from multiple angles captured the car turning into the street and hitting the child.
- The driver in Adrija’s death was arrested, identified as a local man in his early 30s, and his Volkswagen Taigun was seized while police continue to question him; the family has said he had passed the spot minutes earlier.
- Both cases highlight child vulnerability on residential streets and busy roads and are likely to increase pressure for stricter local enforcement of passenger limits, speed control, and use of video evidence in traffic probes.