Kundapur: In a heart wrenching incident that took place on Saturday (February 2) a four year-old boy was rammed by a goods tempo, while he was standing beside the road near Janata colony, near Siddapur in Kundapur Taluka.

The deceased kid is identified as Anshik (4), who had come to Kundapur along with his family to attend a wedding. Anshik was the second of the two sons of Raghavendra and Pavitra of Konandoor Kontehole, in Thirthahalli Taluka, of Shivamoga district.

During their visit for the wedding, to mark the occasion Anshik’s fourth birthday, the family visited Mandarthi temple, while returning from the temple, the family got down from the bus near Janata Colony to meet another relative. The incident took place as Anshik was standing beside the road, waiting to cross it, after getting down.

A goods tempo carrying food and grains to Beltangady rammed into Anshik beside the road, who sustained to his injuries on the spot.

Personnel of Shankarnarayana police station rushed to the spot and conducted initial investigations at the spot and took the truck and its driver into the custody.

The body of the child was handed over to the family after post-mortem.

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