Thomas (Special correspondent)
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six-year-old granddaughter of noted Harikatha Vidwan the late Gururajulu Naidu was killed in a road accident a tipper lorry rammed into two wheeler at Vajarahalli off Kanakapura Road on Thursday evening.
The victim has been identified as,Samanvi,6,died on the spot, her mother and television artist Amrutha Naidu (34), who is also a Harikatha exponent,sustained injuries.
Senior officer as,DCP, Traffic West,Kuldeep Kumar R Jain with ACP,Traffic South,Srinivas,with others rushed to spot and after inspecting the area of the accident and collecting details from eyewitness and inspector.
A senior officer said,a popular reality show contestant and his mother were on their way to home on their two wheeler after a tipper truck crashed into the two-wheeler in which she was travelling with her mother.
During the same time, an overspeeding tipper truck passing from Konanakunte cross towards NICE Road knocked and rammed into the two-wheeler (scooty) near the metro pillar-223 (Infront of Nitesh Caesars Apartment) on the busy Kanakapura Road.
Due to this, the duo fell onto the road,the officials explained.Samanvi was strongly hit below the waist by the bumper near the rear wheel of the tipper and her hands were bleeding with bruises.
The kid was profusely bleeding and succumbed to injuries on the way to the hospital,an official said.Her mother,Amrutha was also rushed to the hospital where she is being treated for injuries.
The deceased Samanvi’s father Roopesh works as a traffic warden at Hulimavu. According to the traffic officials from the Kumaraswamy Layout Traffic Police Station,Amrutha was taking her daughter to the Metro station at around 4:30 pm on a two-wheeler.
The Kumaraswamy Layout Traffic Police have arrested the tipper driver Manjegowda and booked a case against under IPC sections 279, 337 and 304 (A) and investigating further.
