A six-year-old boy died after being struck by a battery-powered auto-rickshaw in the Ekdanta area of Atgharia, Pabna, on Thursday afternoon.
The victim, Siam, was the son of Raju Ahmed from Kadimbagdi village and a student at local Nabadiganta Kindergarten.
Nazmul Haque, Officer-in-Charge of Atgharia Police Station, stated that Siam was crossing the road when the vehicle hit him. Locals rushed the severely injured child to Pabna General Hospital, where the attending doctor declared him dead.
