Padampur: A Class VII student was killed after being hit by a private bus while returning home from school in Padampur in Baragada district Friday.
The deceased, Kamal Taria, 12, was a student of Lal Bahadur Upper Primary School in Padampur.
According to reports, the accident occurred near Padampur police station square when a private bus struck the boy as he was returning home from school. He died on the spot.
Police intercepted the bus and took its driver into custody.
The boy’s body has been kept at Padampur Sub-Divisional Hospital, while police have launched an investigation.