The JCB driver arrested within the case for negligance. (Representational)
Gurugram:
A four-year-old lady died on Monday after being buried in particles when a JCB engaged in highway widening work hit a wall and it collapsed on an adjoining slum the place the kid was asleep, police mentioned.
An FIR was lodged within the matter and the JCB driver was arrested, they added.
The incident occurred within the Bengali Market space in Sector 81 right here round 12:30 pm when the highway growth work by the Manesar Municipal Company was underway, the police mentioned.
Whereas digging the highway, the JCB collided with a wall, collapsing it. A portion of a slum current on the opposite aspect of the 10-feet wall collapsed as effectively, trapping the lady within the particles, they mentioned.
The mom of the lady was at work when the incident occurred. The folks close by by some means took her out from the particles however she was already useless, the police mentioned.
Angered over the incident, the locals accosted the JCB driver and beat him up earlier than handing him over to a police group that had reached the spot, they mentioned.
The deceased minor was recognized as Jasmine and her household hails from Dinajpur in West Bengal, the police mentioned, including that it was her birthday right this moment. The police group seized the JCB. An FIR was registered in opposition to the JCB driver Ram Kishore on the Kherki Daula police station right here and he was arrested, mentioned police spokesperson Subhash Boken.
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