A five-year-old UKG student was mowed down by a private school bus in Virudhachalam on Monday.
The name of the victim was given as Saran, son of Shankar of Chinnakottimalai near Virudhachalam. The boy sustained serious head injuries and died at a private medical college and hospital in Puducherry.
The police said Saran was studying UKG in Jayapriya Matriculation School at Gopalapuram in Virudhachalam.
The child, along with his parents, were waiting for the school bus when another bus belonging to the same school was coming in the opposite side. The child ran across the road and the bus hit him. He was rushed to a private medical college and hospital in Puducherry where he died. A case has been registered.
