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Driver attacked after boy is run over by tractor

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: A seven-year-old boy was killed when he was run over by a tractor in Yeshwanthpur police station limits on Saturday.

Angered by the boy's death, the people of the area attacked the driver with clubs. The driver, who suffered head injuries, has been hospitalised, the police said. Around 11 a.m. the tractor ran over Deepu, a second standard student, who was playing at the Yeshwanathpur Railway Quarters grounds. Deepu's head came under the wheels of the vehicle and he was killed instantaneously, the police said.

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