Dangerous adventure

What happens when an 11-year-old decides to drive a microbus on a busy road in the capital?

The answer came when this exact scene unfolded on Satmasjid Road yesterday morning. The boy, a sixth grader of a private school in Lalmatia, ended up hitting a schoolgirl near Shankar Bus Stand in Dhanmondi area.

The 10-year-old girl, a fourth grader of Chhayanaut, suffered injuries in her ankle and waist and underwent primary treatment at a nearby hospital, police said.

Md Alamgir, sub-inspector of Dhanmondi Police Station, told The Daily Star that the boy took the keys of his father's Toyota Noah microbus from their driver and set out on the road at around 7:30am, without his parents' consent.

He said that as the girl was crossing the road with her father, the boy hit her, apparently after losing control of the vehicle.

No case was filed in this regard considering the boy's age and because the fathers of both the boy and girl were acquainted. But the boy was fined Tk 850 under Motor Vehicle Ordinance-1983, SI Alamgir said.

As the parents knew each other, thereby they resolved the matter mutually, claimed Md Abdul Latif, officer-in-charge (OC) of Dhanmondi Police Station.

"They gave a written statement deciding not to lodge any case. Therefore, no case was filed in this connection," the OC said.

Earlier in October 2015, a teenage boy lost control of his sports utility vehicle and rammed into two rickshaws, leaving four people injured in the capital's Gulshan area.

Source: thedailystar