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13-Year-Old Boy Dies After Being Hit By Speeding Truck In UP: Cops

A Class 7 student and resident of Saini police station area, was going to school when a truck going from Kanpur to Prayagraj ran over him.

13-Year-Old Boy Dies After Being Hit By Speeding Truck In UP: Cops
After convincing the family, the body was sent for the post-mortem. (Representational)
  • A 13-year-old boy died after being hit by a truck in Kaushambi district Uttar Pradesh
  • The boy was a Class 7 student going to school when the accident occurred
  • The truck was travelling from Kanpur to Prayagraj at the time of the incident
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Kaushambi:

A 13-year-old boy died after being hit by a speeding truck in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi district on Tuesday, police said.

Sirathu Circle Officer Satyendra Tiwari said Jigar, a Class 7 student and resident of Saini police station area, was going to school when a truck going from Kanpur to Prayagraj ran over him.

On receiving the information about the incident, the boy's family and people around gathered on the spot. After convincing the family, the body was sent for the post-mortem, he said.

The CO also said the truck driver abandoned the vehicle and ran away. Efforts are underway to trace him.

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