A candidate of Junior School Certificate(JSC) was killed when a battery-run auto-rickshaw that ran over him at Chirakhola crossing under sadar upazila in Natore.
The deceased is Nannu Sheikh, son of Hanif Sheikh of Shalikha village and a student of Matikopa high school.
Nannu and his classmates were going to Banalata High School when the accident took place early Tuesday.
Sadar police station Officer-in-Charge Faridul Islam said: “He was taken to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.”
The locals seized the driver of the auto-rickshaw and handed him over to sadar police.
Meanwhile, angry locals blockaded the road for three hours.