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Eight-Year-Old Dies After Cricket Pitch Roller Accident

Eight-Year-Old Dies After Cricket Pitch Roller Accident
Playtime Tragedy: 8-Year-Old Crushed By Pitch Roller At Cricket Academy In Manesar · timesnownews.com

An eight-year-old boy named Akash was badly hurt at a cricket academy in Manesar.

He was crushed by a machine used to prepare a cricket pitch.

His family was first told only that he had been injured.

They went to the academy and searched for him.

Players arriving for practice then found him on the ground.

The family took him to a nearby private hospital.

Doctors said he had already died when he arrived.

His relatives said they were informed of his death nearly an hour after the accident.

Key facts

Child
Akash, aged eight
Incident
Crushed by a pitch roller
Location
Cricket academy in Manesar
Discovery
Players arriving for practice found him lying on the ground
Medical outcome
Doctors at a nearby private hospital declared him dead on arrival
Family notification
Relatives said they learned of his death nearly an hour after the accident
Family representative
Maternal cousin Vikash Kumar described the family’s response

Sources

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