Negligence of transport authorities in enforcing rules for ferrying school children led to another loss of life here on Friday. Jayalakshmi (6), a Class I student, lost her balance and fell off a crowded share auto rickshaw on the road and was crushed by the vehicle's rear wheels.
The incident comes barely 10 days after Class II girl Sruthi slipped to death through a hole on the floor of her school bus in Chennai.
Jayalakshmi, a private school student in Karumathur, was returning home in the share auto rickshaw in which around 15 students were perilously seated. When the vehicle was nearing Chinnavagaikulam, Jayalakshmi who was seated next to the driver holding on to the iron rods of the auto, lost balance and fell on the road. She came under the rear wheels of the auto and was instantly crushed to death, police said.
Sindhupatti police arrested auto driver Karthik and booked him under Section 304 IPC for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Madurai Superintendent of Police V Balakrishnan said parents had hired the share auto rickshaw to pick up and drop their children from school daily. Balakrishnan advised parents not to send their children to schools in crowded vehicles.
Madurai Collector Anshul Mishra said he would instruct transport officials to crack down on overloaded share autos in rural areas.
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