4-year-old girl mowed down by school bus in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: A four-year-old girl studying in a private school at Madgul in Mahbubnagar district was crushed under the school bus while returning home on Friday evening due to negligence of the driver.

The victim, R Vaishnavi (4), was the daughter of P rasad, an earthmover driver and Parvati from Palugu Tanda here in Arkapally M andal of Mahbubnagr district near Madgul.

“ Vaishnavi was a nursery student of St Mary’s school in Madgul. The mishap occurred when she was returning home from the school,” Madgul inspector P Saidulu said.

At 5.30 pm, Vaishnavi got down from the school bus along with five other students near her house in Palugu Tanda. “After the children got down, the bus driver moved ahead without checking the surroundings. The bus hit Vaishnavi who was standing next to it and she was crushed under the tyres. There is no clarity on how she went under the bus,” the inspector said.

After the accident, the bus driver fled from the scene abandoning the vehicle. The family members of the girl demanded the school management to come to the village and refused to hand over the body of the child to police.

“We have registered a case against the bus driver and the management of the school under section 304-A (causing death due to rash or negligent act) of the IPC. We are trying to convince the family to hand over the body for postmortem examination,” the inspector said.