Truck rues over kid, driver absconding
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 04 2016:
A speeding truck ran over a young boy at Makhan Center along NH-2 under Mao police station at around 5 pm today killing the child on the spot.
The truck also rammed into a house provoking the public to block the highway, our correspondent reports.
The driver and the handyman are presently absconding.
Mao Police led by OC Hriipunii Mao are investigating the case.
According to witnesses, a speeding truck coming from Imphal ran over a 7-year-old boy identified as Shudziikho, s/o Juno Joseph of Makan Center under Mao-Maram sub-division.
The panicked driver later crashed into a house.
The owner of the house has been identified as Esha, w/o Late Heshu Sibo.
Fortunately, no one was injured.
Soon after the accident, the driver and handyman disappeared from the site and is absconding till the filing of this report.
Meanwhile, enraged villagers blocked the road demanding immediate arrest of the absconding driver and his handyman.
Local leaders and Police teams are at the site to take stock of the situation.