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Toddler Killed by Speeding Goods Vehicle Outside Home in Nagpur

Police registered a case for causing death by negligence after naming a 51-year-old driver.

Overview

  • The victim was identified as 18-month-old Priyanshi Vishnu Devpach.
  • The incident occurred Friday afternoon around 1 pm in Vaishnavi Layout of the Kharbi area, according to police.
  • A goods vehicle moving at high speed in a narrow residential lane ran over the child as she played outside her house, police said.
  • Family members took her to Mayo Hospital, where doctors declared her brought dead.
  • Police identified the driver as Vishnu Savanlal Gautam, seized the vehicle, began questioning him, and said the investigation is ongoing.