Gurugram, Aug. 29 -- An eight-year-old boy was killed after he was crushed under a pitch roller that was left unsupervised and accidentally switched on by children at a cricket training academy in IMT Manesar, police said on Friday. Police identified the victim as Akash Kumar, whose family hails from Bihar's Nalanda district. His parents live Gurugram with their seven children, police said. A senior police officer said Akash, his elder brother Neil and two other children were playing inside the academy when the accident took place around 1pm. According to police, the children climbed onto the roller, which weighed around 750kg and was used to flatten the practice pitches and ground. "Accidentally, one of the children managed to switch on the miniature circuit breaker which started the roller. No one else was at the spot at that time to supervise the equipment," an officer privy of the case details said. Police said the children then began moving the roller back and forth. Akash allegedly fell in front of it and was crushed, resulting in his death. The other three children, including Neil, ran away from the spot, investigators said. Vikash Kumar, Akash's maternal cousin, said Neil informed the family about the incident but initially told them that his brother had been injured. "At the time, we didn't realise the gravity of the situation and started looking for him at the cricket academy. However, some players who reached the academy at that time spotted Akash's crushed body lying on the ground and alerted everyone. They managed to arrange a vehicle and rushed him to a nearby private hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival," Kumar said. The family learnt about the severity of the incident and Akash's death nearly an hour after the accident, Kumar said. "He had probably kept lying at the spot for several minutes before someone spotted him," he added. Kumar said the family does not wish to press charges against anyone. "It was a freak accident," he said. Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said an inquiry under Section 194 of the BNSS was carried out....