Vadodara: Fiend speed cut a seven-year-old boy with his jeep in the Manjalpur area on Saturday night.
The victim, identified as Patel Kavis, suffered a severe injury in his head and gave up during hospital treatment.
While the police have identified the driver as Devul Fulbaje, the defendant, however, in runaway.
According to the police, three siblings returned home in a two-wheeled vehicle on Saturday night when the incident occurred.
Dharvi Patel drives a vehicle while his two brothers who are Kavish and Kiyan drives a pillion.
“Around 18.30 a night, when the trio passed from the crematorium road in Manjalpur, a black jeep appeared from behind and crashed into their two-wheeled vehicles,” the police said.
Trio falls and suffers injury.
Instead of helping them, the Jeep driver who was wrong escaping from the place.
“After about two hours, we found Jeep abandoned near Alwa Naka in Manjalpur.
The four-wheel has hit a divider.
We found a cellphone and a wallet from the Jeep that belonged to Devul Fulbaajhe,” said K M Chhansiya.
“Jeep does not have a license plate but is owned by DeVul’s father, Ghanshyam Fulbaajhe.
We went to his house but he was not available there.
After the accident, he might have tried to escape from the city but the vehicle fell into the divider,” Chhansiya added.
The police said that the defendant was a 20-year-old student even though his mother did not know anything that pursued his son.
“Some eyewitnesses said that they saw the defendant driving a jeep and even the complainant identified the vehicle.
But we will go through CCTV footage to find out who else is sitting on the jeep with him,” said Chhansiya.
The police said that they would track the defendant and tried to ascertain whether he was drunk during the accident.
The died box has come to the city for better education, Kavish’s parents are farmers in Vaniyad Village in Dabhoi.
His uncle, Jitendra Patel, who worked for a private company said that parents had sent the boy to Vadodara for better education.
Kavish is the Suda-Calss One at Gujarat Public School and lives with Patel’s family in Manjalpur.
Kavish was born 22 years after marriage when Kavish was born, the joy of the 51-year-old Rajesh Patel did not know the limit.
“Kavish was born after 22 years of marriage.
His parents had tried for babies for a long time and he was born after IVF treatment.
He was a blessing for the family but unfortunately their excitement was killed by a demon speed,” said Jitendra Patel.