Toddler mowed down by truck

New Delhi: A one-and-a-half-year-old boy was mowed down by a mini truck in southeast Delhi’s Jaitpur today, police said.

The boy was playing on the road outside his residence when the vehicle hit him. The driver fled from the spot leaving the vehicle behind, the police added.

The toddler was taken to a hospital where he was declared brought dead, they said.