India, Feb. 10 -- A four-year-old boy was allegedly crushed to death by a Mahindra Thar in Greater Noida Ecotech 3 on Saturday evening, police said on Sunday. The car driver rushed the boy to hospital but he succumbed to his injuries, after which the driver was arrested for causing death by negligence.

The victim was identified as Prashant Singh, who lives with his mother at a relative's home at a rented house in Jalpura, Ecotech 3. The arrested driver, identified as Gajendra (single name), is their landlord, said police. The boy's father died in a road accident three years ago in Budaun. The boy is survived by his mother and elder sister.

"At 5pm on Saturday when Prashant's mother was busy with household chores, he slipped out of her s...