8-yr-old student dies as truck runs over him in Sylhet

SYLHET, July 13 (UNB): An eight-year-old madrasa student died after being run over by a pickup truck in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet on Saturday afternoon.

Gowainghat Police Station Inspector (investigation) Mehedi Hasan Sumon confirmed the matter.

The deceased, Zobayer Ahmed, was the son of Rahim Uddin of Abdul Mahal village in West Alirgaon union of the upazila, and a student at the local Abdul Mahal Madrasa.

According to locals, Zobayer was crushed under the pickup truck while crossing the road in front of the madrasa on the Gowainghat-Sarighat main road after the class. He died on the spot.

On information, Gowainghat police rushed to the spot and recovered the body, said the inspector.

The body was sent to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital for an autopsy.