Mumbai: 9-year-old boy run over by lorry in front of father in Sion

In a freak accident a 9yearold boy who was riding pillion with his father came under a truck after falling from the scooter and died on the spot while the father was injured The alleged accident occurred at Sion koliwada around 1 PM on SaturdayThe boy identified as Ranjit Kanojiya who was riding pillion with his fathers scooter was hit by a dumper truck The boy came under the truck after falling from the scooter and succumbed to death while his father Manish Kanojiya sustained injuries Father reportedly works as a Dhobi at Dhobi GhatAfter seeing the accident onlookers immediately took both victims to the Sion Hospital where the father is undergoing treatment and the boy was declared dead on arrival Nearby people began thrashing the truck driver identified as Ajab Narayan Pal 24 following the accident However Antop Hill Police intervened and arrested the driverIn another similar case in a freak accident two persons were killed in Uttar Pradeshs Banda district police said on Monday The two persons were travelling on a motorcycle which collided with a pickup van on Sunday eveningThe alleged accident happened on Sunday evening in Attara area when the speeding pick up van rammed into the motorcycle SHO Atarra Police Station Baljeet Singh saidDuring the accident Mataprasad 50 died on the spot while his nephew Jagprasad 30 got severely injuredJagprasad later succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at a hospital Singh said adding the bodies have been sent for postmortemMeanwhile Road accident statistics of the first three months of 2019 have revealed a 20 per cent drop in fatalities in Mumbai city suburbs and Thane district A sharp increase has been found in the district limits of Satara and Aurangabad City where there has been a 91 to 83 per cent increase in fatalities respectivelyThe latest report focuses on the districtwise figures of road accident fatalities as compared to those of earlier years While the percentage decrease in fatalities in Mumbai city and Thane district is 20 per cent the net fall in fatalities is 24 per cent and 48 per cent respectivelyThane City has seen a decline of 12 per cent with a net fall of 9 per cent as compared to earlier years Interestingly a major drop of 49 per cent in fatalities has been reported from Pune CityTransport department officials said the credit for most of this should go to the Mumbai traffic police who have been doing an excellent enforcement job and maintaining traffic discipline in the cityTop News Stories Of The DayTV actor claims cops brutally thrashed him and minor brother all nightMan creates fake sex chat profiles after losing housing society pollAngry after his wedding is called off man stabs aunt in Andheri heldMumbai Crime Private firms housekeeper films coworker changing heldWater supply Down to 13 percent Mumbai is running on reserveMumbai Crime Senior citizen thrashed for feeding strays in AndheriTanushree Duttas lawyer Cops speaking to those who know nothingForest department asked to probe snake rescuers death in SewriDenied permission to protest those against reservation cry foulDhule womans death State orders probeBorewells at Cross Maidan become latest Mumbai Metro victimsNishtha Dudeja The Haryana girl who won Miss Deaf Asia 2018 crownAarohi Pandit Mumbai girl is worlds first to cross Atlantic OceanThese photos of politicians working out will give you fitness goalsThe king is dead long live the mantrimid day editorial A warning for those who fight for justiceInternet legend Grumpy Cat passes awayGrumpy Cat passes away Twitter mourns death of internets favourite catCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get the latest updates