Schoolboy dies in road crash in capital

A schoolboy was killed as a motorcycle hit him at Hatirjheel in the capital yesterday.

Nurul Islam, 13, son of Julhas Bepari of Ambagan area in Moghbazar, was a class VI student of National Bank Public School and College.

Witnesses said Nurul was watching kite flying near Paglar Mazar of Hatirjheel under Ramna Police Station in the afternoon. When he was crossing the road around 4:30pm, the motorcycle ran him over.

The schoolboy succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

The body was sent to the medical college morgue for autopsy.