JAMSHEDPUR: A Class VII student of the Beldih Church School, Bistupur, died when a speeding school bus hit the scooter he was riding pillion on the Bistupur-Jugsalai road near the Tata Steel powerhouse gate under Jugsalai police station limits on Thursday. The deceased, Lalit (14), was a resident of Ram Tekri Road in Jugsalai. The boy’s father, Vikas Prasad, said he was taking Lalit to school when the bus hit them from the rear.
He said the incident happened near the Tata Steel powerhouse gate and the scooter turned turtle.
The pedestrians rushed the father-son duo to the Tata Main Hospital (TMH), where doctors declared the boy brought dead.
Prasad said, "The bus fled the spot. I could not see its number plate or any other details."
Jugsalai police station in-charge Tarun Kumar said they are probing the incident.
"We are verifying the details of the vehicle for further action," he added.
The school held a condolence prayer on its premises for the deceased, a school official said.
Earlier on April 30, one Aditya Prasad (13) was killed in Sidhgora when a speeding bike rammed into his bicycle near Baridih.
In another accident involving students on September 10 last year, 12 students of the Loyola School were injured when a speeding car rammed into the school van ferrying them at Telco.
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