Tura, Sept 26: Anger is brewing across the Garo Hills region with calls for stern action against speeding boulder trucks following the death of a five year old school boy in the border area of Purakhasia who was mercilessly mowed down by a speeding dumper truck on Saturday afternoon.
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The manner in which transport department and even police have failed to monitor the speed and overloading of such trucks has been angering citizens living along the border route through which the convoys ply, starting from Ampati to Mahendraganj and southwards to Dalu export point.
The fact that the truck was detained at Mahendraganj but the driver could not be arrested has made the citizens more angry.
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Purakhasia to Mahendraganj is a considerable distance which would have given ample time for police to act and intercept the culprit.
The Garo Students Union of South West Garo Hills, Ampati headquarters, has filed an FIR with Purakhasia police seeking action against the Dalu General Exporters Association and the Tribal Exporters Association under whom the truck and driver belonged.
“Action must be taken against the driver and the export association to which the truck belonged,” demanded GSU South West Garo Hills president Salman D Sangma in the FIR.
First year in school for victim
Young master Laksbath S Sangma had only recently began enjoying the start of his school life when it was tragically taken away by a cold blooded driver of a truck that ran over him. Such was the inhuman mindset of the driver that he did not even stop to try and rush the 5 year old boy to hospital, instead, preferring to flee from the spot.
With Covid-19 pandemic lock down since last year and schools reopening only some weeks ago, the young little boy had also started attending school recently.
Smartly dressed in his school uniform he even carried his identity tag to school. He was a student of the Catholic missionary run school St. Peter’s Secondary School in Purakhasia.
His was another life that had so much to give for his family and community.
All that remains is the uniform and school tag with a smiling picture of the little boy to remember a life tragically cut short by reckless driving.
