Archive · 30 Aug 2026
Eight-Year-Old Dies After Mini Roller Accident at Gurugram Academy
An eight-year-old boy named Akash Kumar was playing at a cricket academy in Gurugram.
A small machine called a pitch roller was parked at the academy.
Police said another child accidentally turned on the machine by touching its circuit breaker.
Akash fell in front of it as it began moving.
The roller hit him and seriously injured him.
His family took him to a hospital, but doctors said he had died.
Police said no adult was supervising the machine at the time.
The family has not accused anyone of negligence, but police are investigating what happened.
Eight-year-old Akash Kumar died after a mini pitch roller struck him at a cricket academy in Gurugram.
Police said a child’s hand triggered the roller’s circuit breaker while Akash was playing nearby.
Akash reportedly fell in front of the moving roller and was crushed.
His family took him to a private hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
Police found no one was supervising the parked roller and have opened an investigation.
- Who
- Akash Kumar, an eight-year-old boy from Nalanda, Bihar.
- What
- He died after being struck by a mini pitch roller at a cricket academy.
- Where
- A cricket academy in Gurugram.
- Why
- Police said a child’s hand triggered the roller’s circuit breaker, causing it to move while Akash fell in front of it.
- Victim
- Akash Kumar, aged eight
- Residence
- Nalanda, Bihar
- Incident location
- A cricket academy in Gurugram
- Machine involved
- A mini pitch roller
- Reported trigger
- A child’s hand activated the machine’s circuit breaker
- Medical response
- Doctors at a nearby private hospital declared Akash dead
- Investigation status
- Police have initiated an investigation into the accident