India, Nov. 4 -- A one-and-a-half-year-old boy died on Tuesday after being allegedly crushed under the wheels of a reversing pick-up mini-truck in a village located in Noida's Sector 141, police said, adding that the driver fled the scene while abandoning the vehicle.

According to police, the toddler's family, originally from Bihar, lives in a rented accommodation in the sector's Shahdara village.

The incident took place around 10.20 am on Tuesday when a mini pick-up truck loaded with Reverse Osmosis (RO) water bottles was reversing through a narrow lane at a T-junction. The toddler, who was playing nearby, suddenly came onto the road, said police officials.

"By the time the driver noticed the child and stopped the vehicle, its rear wh...