A Bengaluru teenager in class 10 crashed his father’s car into a parked auto rickshaw, killing the driver of the auto. The incident took place on Kalpana Chawla Road in Bengaluru’s Bhoopasandra on Friday at around 1.30 pm.
The minor teen was taken by RT Nagar police for questioning. Upon investigation, it was revealed that he took the keys of the car when his parents were not at home.
According to reports, he first drove to Sanjaynagar to meet some friends and on the way back lost control of the car and crashed into the auto rickshaw, which was parked on the side of the road. The driver of the rickshaw, who had been sitting inside the vehicle, was killed on impact and another man who was sitting inside the auto was injured critically.
The driver, who was killed, has been identified as 47-year-old VC Nagaraj, a resident of Patelappa Layout in Nagashettihalli. Another man who was sitting in the auto, 68-year-old Nathan Lourdes, a resident of Basappa Layout in the same area, has been taken to MS Ramaiah Hospital for treatment. As per reports, he remains in critical condition.
“We are very sorry and know that irreparable damage has been done to the family of the auto driver. But this should serve as a warning to parents. Such accidents should not occur again,” said the teen’s mother to TOI.
Police are likely to take action against the boy’s father for allowing a minor to get behind the wheel.
Earlier in 2017, in a similar incident, the parents of a minor were arrested for allowing him to drive, after a joyride the boy and his friends took turned fatal. The boy and his friends were in the car and driving on the Elevated Flyover on Hosur Road when they lost control of the vehicle and crashed the car. The impact of the accident was so severe that the boy was decapitated.