Mumbai: Kids crushed to death on their way to school at Nalasopara

Driver Shivkumar Kandu who ran over the kidsAn usual journey to school turned into a deadly one when a speeding truck crushed to death two fiveyearold kids and severely injured three others while they were crossing a road at Nalasopara East on Monday morning Following the incident locals went on a rampage in the area and blocked the road Unable to control the mob police resorted to lathicharge to disperse the crowdLocals went on a rampage after the accidentAccording to police the incident happened around 1015am near Santosh Bhavan area The vehicle which was coming from the Nalasopara side and heading towards the MumbaiAhmedabad National Highway ran over the kids identified as Hawari Alman Kadir and Aditya Prajapati killing them on the spot Adityarsquos uncle Satishkumar Yadav 25 Almanrsquos mother Afsana Begam Akhtar Husaain 35 and another person Sandeep Vishwakarma who was crossing with them was grievously injured The injured were immediately rushed to Allianz HospitalAlso Read Couple crushed to death by speeding dumper at MaladDeceased Hawari Alman Kadirrsquos mother Afsana Begam Akhtar Husaain PicsHanif PatelMob goes berserkShocked by the incident the locals went on a rampage and created a ruckus in the area When the cops arrived the parents and some of the relatives of the deceased did not allow them to touch the bodies as they refused to go for postmortem The mob even roughed up the driver identified as Shivkumar Kandu 30 who was later handed over to the police The police said that despite repeated warnings when the locals refused to budge they resorted to lathichargeNot usualSpeaking to midday Adityarsquos uncle Yadav said ldquoI came to Mumbai around 15 days ago in search of a job I am staying at my sisterrsquos house in Vinakay Welfare Society Nalasopara East Usually my brotherinlaw drops Aditya to school but for the past couple of days I have been taking himrdquoRead Story Guard crushed to death by fire safety pipes in luxe Ghatkopar buildingNarrating the incident he further said ldquoOn Monday morning Aditya and I left for his school in Santosh Bhavan area at the usual time While we were about to cross the road near Nalasopara a speeding truck came from the opposite side and hit us Following the impact I lay unconscious for a while But on regaining consciousness I found Alman Afsana and Yadav lying on the road Locals told me that Aditya had been shifted to Allianz Hospital but later I got know that he was deadrdquoAlmanrsquos uncle Saddam Hussain said ldquoHe was the only child of the family His mother who is currently undergoing treatment is still unaware of his deathrdquoWhen contacted senior police inspector of Tulinj police station said ldquoWe have booked the driver under sections 304a causing death by negligence 279 rash driving or riding on a public way 337 causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others and 338 causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others of IPC and 184 driving dangerously and 185 driving by a drunken person or by a person under the influence of drugs of the Motor Vehicle Act His blood samples have been taken for a clinical assessment to find out whether he was driving under the influence of alcohol or not He will be produced before the court on Tuesdayrdquo