{"id":18289,"date":"2026-08-30T16:50:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T16:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=18289"},"modified":"2026-08-30T16:50:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T16:50:35","slug":"excessive-speed-8-year-old-boy-killed-as-woman-driver-on-phone-runs-him-over-in-mumbai-arrested-mumbai-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=18289","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Excessive speed\u2019: 8-year-old boy killed as woman driver on phone runs him over in Mumbai; arrested | Mumbai News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133632581,imgsize-169812,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/the-incident-occurred-in-the-afternoon-opposite-jijamata-garden-on-john-baptist-road-when-ansh-ravindra-gupta-was-crossing-the-road-ai-image.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Excessive speed\u2019: 8-year-old boy killed as woman driver on phone runs him over in Mumbai; arrested\" title=\"The incident occurred in the afternoon opposite Jijamata Garden on John Baptist Road, when Ansh Ravindra Gupta was crossing the road (AI Image)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"The incident occurred in the afternoon opposite Jijamata Garden on John Baptist Road, when Ansh Ravindra Gupta was crossing the road (AI Image)\">The incident occurred in the afternoon opposite Jijamata Garden on John Baptist Road, when Ansh Ravindra Gupta was crossing the road (AI Image)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>MUMBAI: An eight-year-old boy was run over and killed by a speeding car in Mumbai\u2019s Bandra area on Sunday, allegedly driven by a 45-year-old woman who was prima facie distracted while talking on her mobile phone, police said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>The woman has been arrested.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The incident occurred in the afternoon opposite Jijamata Garden on John Baptist Road, when Ansh Ravindra Gupta was crossing the road.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>&#8220;A woman, identified as Megha Rawal, drove her Innova Crysta recklessly at an excessive speed, and while distracted on a phone call, forcefully knocked Gupta down and ran the vehicle over him,&#8221; a police official told news agency PTI, adding that she is a resident of Bandra.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>The boy sustained severe injuries and was rushed to Holy Family Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival, he added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Police registered a case against Rawal under sections 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 281 (rash driving or riding on a public way), and 125 (act endangering life or personal safety of others) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Section 184 (dangerous driving) of the Motor Vehicles Act.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>Further investigation is underway, police added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">(With agency inputs)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/mumbai\/excessive-speed-8-year-old-boy-killed-as-woman-driver-on-phone-runs-him-over-in-mumbai-arrested\/articleshow\/133632288.cms\" target=\"_blank\" 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