Horror moment boy, 8, killed after heavy metal gate falls on him while playing with friends | The Sun

AN eight-year-old child was killed after a heavy metal gate at a building crashed on him, in India's Karnataka.

The chilling footage shows the metal gate moving and then falling as the young boy unsuspectedly played along with his friends near the gate.

When they realise that the little boy has been crushed by the gate, his friends and an adult passerby run to try and lift the heavy barrier.

Facebook users have since taken to the social media site to send their condolences to the victim and his family, who are from Karnakata, a state in the southwestern region of India.

"Very sad," Arvind Solapurkar said, while Manu Mahajan wrote: "Rest in peace".

Unfortunately, this is not the first time that a faulty metal gate caused the death of a child.

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This tragic incident comes less than six months after a three-year-old Kerala boy died after an iron gate fell on him in Mattanur in Kannur district.

The toddler, identified as Haidar, was left in critical condition after a sliding iron gate fell and injured his head as he was playing outside his neighbour's house, according to police.

The neighbour's house was reportedly under construction when the tragic incident took place.

Local reports suggested that the iron gate was not correctly fitted before it fell on Haidar.

The little boy was immediately rushed to a local private hospital but succumbed to a serious brain haemorrhage on 28 September 2021, the police said.

Though Haidar was immediately rushed to a private hospital nearby, he succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday morning, police said.

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In February this year, Muhamned Yamin, an 18-month-old child, succumber from a head injury after a sliding gate at his house fell on him in Kambalakkad, in the state of Kerala.

In a similar incident in 2016, a five-year boy, identified as M Sriram, was also crushed to death by an iron gate in Mannady in the Chennai District of Tamil Nadu state.

Earlier this year in February, in a similar incident, a toddler succumbed to his head injury after a gate fell on him in Wa In 2016, a similar incident also occured in Chennai, when a five-year-old boy lost his life after an iron gate fell on him. The boy, identified as M Sriram, was reportedly crushed to death on the spot.

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