Ghaziabad: Toddler steps out of home, run over by auto

GHAZIABAD: A one-and-a-half-year-old girl was allegedly crushed to death by an autorickshaw in Vijay Nagar on Friday night.
Police said the deceased has been identified as Diya. Her father works as a daily wage labourer. On Friday, when the child’s family was having dinner, Diya somehow managed to get out of the house and she got hit by the auto-rickshaw.
Vedprakash, her father told TOI that there was a wedding in the neighbourhood and the auto-rickshaw was carrying tents for the event.
“Around 9.30pm, a passerby raised the alarm after seeing the accident and we went outside the house to see what had happened. We took her to a nearby hospital but doctors declared her brought dead,” said the father.
Police have sent the body for an autopsy and reports are awaited.
Shyamvir Singh, SHO, Vijay Nagar police station, said an FIR has been registered against the auto-rickshaw driver under IPC sections 279 (rash driving), 338 (causing grievous hurt by act of endangering life), 427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of Rs 50) and 304 A (causing death by negligence). Vedprakash said if the driver is not held soon, he will protest outside the SSP office.