Gurugram: A two-year-old child, who was playing outside his house in DLF Phase 3 area here on Thursday, died after allegedly being hit by a speeding car. Police gave this information.

He said that the local people caught the driver who was trying to escape and handed him over to the police, after which the accused was arrested.

The child's father Krishna Malakar, resident of Samastipur, Bihar, said in his complaint that he lives with his family on rent in DLF Phase 3 area.

Malakar told that the incident happened when his four-year-old daughter Aakriti and two-year-old son Jigar were playing near the stairs in front of the house.

The complainant said, around 1 pm, a car suddenly came at a high speed and allegedly hit his son.

He said that Jigar was taken to the hospital in critical condition where doctors declared him brought dead.

Meanwhile, passers-by and neighbors caught the car driver and handed him over to the police.

A senior police officer said an FIR was registered in the matter and the accused car driver, identified as Sunny and a resident of Nathupur village here, was arrested.