Stephan Kayyar
Daijiworld Media Network - Kasargod
Kasargod, Mar 26: A young boy who sustained serious injuries after a speeding Omni rammed into him on national highway at Mogral Puttur here died in a hospital in Mangaluru on Thursday March 26.
Aftad (14), son of Hameed, a resident of Mogral Puttur, is the deceased.
On Wednesday March 25, Aftad was walking beside the national highway when a speeding Omni moving from Mangaluru towards Kasargod went out of control and hit him.
The locals rushed him to Kasargod general hospital, but as his condition was critical, he was shifted to a hospital in Mangaluru.
However, he failed to respond to treatment and breathed his last on Thursday.
An eighth standard student of Mogral Puttur Government Higher Seconary School, Aftad had just finished his final exams on Wednesday and was walking home from school when the accident took place.
The post-mortem was done in the hospital at Mangaluru.
Kasargod police have registered a case.