12-year-old killed in accident

Mangaluru: A 12-year-old boy, who was waiting by the side of the road, died after a car knocked him down at Mudipu on Tuesday. The deceased is Karthik H, the son of Harishchandra from Pajeer, and a class VIII student at a school in Mudipu.
According to police, the accident occurred when he was standing by the side of the road, while leaving for his home, after school. The car was allegedly being driven in a rash and negligent manner, and first rammed a barricade on the road, and later a two-wheeler and an autorickshaw, before hitting the boy, said the police.
A case has been registered at the Mangaluru Traffic South police station under IPC sections 279(rash driving) ,304(a) (causing death by negligence) and various provisions of the MV Act.