Toddler dies in freak accident, run over by school bus in Hyderabad

A one-and-half-year-old toddler was run over by a school bus on Monday in Hyderabad.

According to the details, the school bus arrived to pick up the toddler’s four-year-old brother M Sathvik Reddy to Montessori High school in Gopigadda in Shabad in Rangareddy district.

However, while the mother, Lavanya was busy helping her son to board the school bus, the toddler, Adiya followed the mother-son dup and stood in front of the bus.

With the bus driver, Jangaiah and the mother failing to notice the toddler standing in front of the bus, the driver started the vehicle. The little girl, however, came under the wheel of the vehicle. Hearing the screams, Lavanya raised an alarm and the bus driver slammed the brakes. But the girl was already dead by the time they made their attempts to rescue her.

According to the police, the mother didn’t hold the toddler’s hand assuming she would be standing behind her as she would see her brother off daily as he boards the school bus.

The locals assaulted the bus driver after the mishap and handed him over to the police. A case was registered under Section 304-A (negligence causing death) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the bus driver and authorities of Montessori High School.