Bus kills 8-year-old crossing Pamban bridge

: An eight-year-old boy was killed after a speeding government bus knocked him down on the Pamban road bridge here today, police said.
Arjun of Udumalpet in Tirupur district was trying to cross the road along the 2-km long bridge, when a bus proceeding to Pattukottai fatally hit him.
The boy had come to Rameswaram with his family, who were part of a tourist group from Tirupur district, they said.
The bus driver has been detained, police added.