JERSEY CITY (TIP): A four-year old Indian-American child Dhyanesh, son of Balaji Jeyakannan working for Con Edison Company was fatally struck by a speeding car and killed on the spot at the junction of Jefferson Avenue and Central Avenue in Jersey City, New Jersey last week.

The mishap happened when the child, holding her mother Nagarani Nagarajan’s hand, was crossing the road after the stop signal for motorists. Ms. Eisa Templo who was at the wheel first hit the mother and in the impact she fell down and let loose the kid who was later moved down by the car. Balaji Jeyakannan is a native of Madurai and is working as an IT consultant. The Police have arrested Eisa Templo and have remanded her to custody. The Consulate General of India in New York is helping the parents to transport the body of the child to India