In a tragic incident,a one-year-eight-month-old boy was killed after a compound wall collapsed on him when a cement mixer truck accidentally snagged an overhead electric wire in Kundalahalli Colony on thursday evening.

The deceased has been identified as Pranav,the only son of Siddappa and Lavanya.

Senior officer told reporters that the accident occurred around 4 p.m.on November 7,when a cement mixer lorry, returning after completing moulding work at a nearby house,came in contact with an overhead electric wire.

The wire got entangled and pulled down a concrete electric pole,which in turn caused a portion of a house wall to collapse.

At the time,little Pranav was playing in the compound of the house when the wall debris fell on him.He sustained severe injuries and was rushed to a nearb

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