Durban — A boy, 4, was run over by a bakkie while he was crossing Higginson Highway in Chatsworth over the weekend.
“This Saturday was marred by tragedy when a 4-year-old boy was fatally rammed while crossing the Higginson Highway in the vicinity of the Chatsglen Railway station, with his mother, earlier today,” PT Alarms said.
The company said that the PT Ambulance Service and response units rushed to the scene.
“The child was declared deceased,” PT Alarms said.
“The mom was uninjured but in a state of shock.
“PT Alarms offers condolences to the bereaved family.
“May the little soul of the boy rest in peace,” PT Alarms said.
It added that the police were on the scene and would investigate further.
Police spokesperson Constable Thenjiswa Ngcobo said that Chatsworth police were investigating a case of culpable homicide.
Ngcobo said it is alleged that the child was with an adult when he attempted to run across the road on July 8, at a road near a railway station on Higginson Highway.
“He was hit by a vehicle and was declared dead on the scene.”
Meanwhile, in an unrelated incident earlier this year, a father was killed when he tried to save his child from being run over by a car.
At the time of the incident, ALS Paramedics Medical Services spokesperson Garrith Jamieson said that a father was killed and his child injured after an accident on Kenyon Howden Road in Montclair.
Jamieson said that it is believed that the father, in his thirties, was attempting to save his child from being struck by a motor vehicle. Paramedics attempted to resuscitate the man on the scene, however, his injuries were too severe and he was declared deceased on the scene.
He said that the child, believed to be 2 years old, sustained moderate injuries and was stabilised on the scene before being transported to hospital.
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