Navi Mumbai: Four-Year-Old Girl Killed by Reversing Pickup Tempo While Walking with Mother

Navi Mumbai, 31st January 2025: A tragic accident in Kharkopar, Ulwe, on Wednesday morning claimed the life of a four-year-old girl when a pickup tempo driver reversed his vehicle recklessly. The victim, identified as Nayla Khan, was walking alongside her mother when she was run over by the reversing tempo. The incident occurred around 10:30 AM as the mother, holding an infant and walking with Nayla to a clinic, lost track of her daughter for a moment. She assumed the child was walking behind her, but when she turned around, she found Nayla crushed under the vehicle’s wheels.

According to police, the pickup van was travelling from Kharkopar village towards Ulwe Sector-8 when the driver, Sawan Khanamiya Singdival (26), carelessly reversed onto the wrong road. The child was struck by the vehicle and tragically died on the spot.

Senior Police Inspector Arjun Rajane of the Ulwe police station explained that the mother, distracted by the infant, didn’t realize her child had slipped away. Singdival, a resident of Taloja, was arrested following the incident.