India, April 29 -- A two-year-old boy died while his mother was critically injured allegedly after an SUV mowed them down in Faridabad's Sector 88 on Sunday, police said, adding that the 31-year-old SUV driver was arrested on Monday.

According to police, the victim family lives in Sector 88. At around 6.20pm on Sunday, Laxmi Devi, 25, and her son Ajay Kumar were walking along the road to visit a nearby market when a Mahindra XUV hit them from behind.

Police said the boy came directly under the car while the mother who was towards the footpath, was flung away.

The accused is an engineer working for a multi-national firm in Noida and lived in Faridabad Sector 87.

Investigators said that commuters rushed to their help and alerted the pol...