Stephan Kayyar

Daijiworld Media Network - Kasargod (SP)

Kasargod, Apr 9: The celebratory mood that encompassed a house at Balla Kadappura in Kanhangad turned gloomy on the evening of Sunday April 8 after a seven-year-old girl who had come to participate in the wedding function was crushed under the wheels of a bus.

The victim has been identified as Naseera, daughter of Khalid from Manikkoth Kolavayal, who is employed in the Gulf region. The girl had arrived at Balla Kadappura at around 5 pm on Sunday along with her mother, to participate in a marriage ceremony organized in the residence of a relative.

After the marriage party alighted, the driver of the bus was moving the bus on reverse gear when Naseera, who had arrived by the same bus, got crushed under the rear wheels of the bus. The girl, who suffered grievous injuries in the incident, was rushed to a private hospital in Kanhangad. However, doctors could not save her life as her condition was very critical.

Naseera was a first standard student of Little Flower School, Kanhangad.