Seven-year-old hit by rashly driven bike, dies

A fatal road accident late on Sunday evening resulted in the death of a seven-year-old child near the Nanaksar area and also left a motorcyclist seriously injured.

The deceased was identified as Ghaniya, son of Indra Mahatov, a resident of a slum area in Agwar Lopon Khurd village, near Dakha.

The motorcyclist, who allegedly caused the accident due to rash driving, was identified as Jagdeep Singh from Dhatt village in the Dakha area.

As per the police, Jagdeep was going on his motorcycle towards his village from Moga. The incident occurred near the Nanaksar area when the child was reportedly returning from a wedding function. The motorcyclist allegedly hit the boy, causing serious injuries to the child and himself.

Ghaniya was rushed to a local hospital where medical staff declared him brought dead. Jagdeep sustained head injuries and was initially taken to the Ludhiana Civil Hospital before being transferred to a hospital in Faridkot.

After the incident, officials from the bus stand police post reached the scene for investigation.

Assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Sukhvinder Singh, in-charge of the police post, said a case of negligent driving was registered against the motorcyclist under Sections 106 (1) (causing death by negligence) and 281 (rash driving on a public way) of the BNS.