Police jeep runs over sleeping boy

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI, DEC. 26. A boy was fatally run over and two others were injured when the driver of a police jeep lost control and the vehicle ran over a pavement on which they were sleeping on Waltax Road in the early hours of today.

Police identified the victim as Ajit (7). The injured were treated as out-patients.

According to police, a police constable, Arianathan, was proceeding to Triplicane police station from Kondhitope when he was involved in the mishap. The driver, while attempting to avoid a dog which suddenly darted onto the road, lost control of the vehicle.

The constable has been arrested and investigation is on.

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