Student crushed to death, two others injured in road accident

A student was crushed to death and his father and brother were injured when the motorcycle, on which they were riding, came under the wheels of a bus on NH 107 of Purnea district in Bihar today.
The victim has been identified as 10-year-old Pritam Kumar.
His father Jagat Narayan Mehta and his brother Gautam Kumar (6) have been admitted to a private hospital in Banmankhi sub-division in a serious condition, Banmankhi Sub-divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Kundan Kumar said.
The incident occurred near Ram Nagar Parsahi panchayat on NH 107 under Janki Nagar police station when Jagat Narayan Mehta was going to attend a family function at Gokulpur village after picking up his two children from the school on motorcyle, Kumar said.

The SDPO said that bus has been seized and the driver of the bus has been arrested.
An FIR has been lodged with the concerned police station on the basis of statement made by the victim's father, the officer added.