A 4-and-a-half-year-old boy escaped his mother's custody and was hit by a truck as he was crossing the road.
It happened in the late morning in Goito, in the province of Mantua .
The baby was transported by air ambulance to the Borgo Trento hospital in Verona where he arrived in very serious conditions .
The little boy, autistic and of Indian nationality, was with his 32-year-old mother at the bus stop on the main road of the town. Suddenly on the other sidewalk he saw his father . He let go of his mother's hand and dashed into the street to join him just as a truck arrived.
The heavy vehicle braked, but was unable to avoid the child, hit by the edge of the bumper.
(Unioneonline / vl)