In the fifth such incident this year, a 32-year-old woman and her 12-year-old son lost their lives in a collision with a dumper truck near a school in Kurla’s Nehru Nagar area. The mother was riding a scooter at the time of the incident. The child’s school was just 100 to 200 metres from the accident spot. The dead woman’s husband said that dumpers should not be allowed near schools, as many parents and students walk on these narrow roads in the morning.

While this is a huge tragedy and the statement comes from a bereaved husband and father, the authorities must consider the merit of restricting dumpers and heavy vehicles from narrow lanes used by students to access their schools.