Infant comes under SUV in Panvel, dies

In an unfortunate incident, a one-and-a-half year old infant girl died after she came under a SUV at Panvel on Tuesday afternoon. The driver of the vehicle was arrested. Police said that the driver stopped the vehicle after hearing the screams of the child, but by then the baby was crushed.

The infant identified as Princy Patil stayed with her parents at Kundewahal village in Panvel. On Tuesday, at around 12 noon she was playing in the parking lot next to her house. In the meantime, Jagdish Karvkar, 36, who stayed in the same neighbourhood, started his SUV. "Since the baby was playing near the vehicle, she came under the front wheel," said a police official from Panvel City police station.