A seven-year-old boy died tragically after falling under an auto-rickshaw while crossing a road in Lalmohan, Bhola.

The accident occurred around 8am on Sunday (August 16) in front of Paschim Char Umed Dakhil Madrasa under Lalmohan Police Station.

The deceased, Mohammad Abdullah, 7, was the son of Monir Hossain of Hossain Chowmuhani village in Ward No. 9 of Ramaganj Union, Lalmohan.

According to local sources, Abdullah was running across the road in the morning when he fell under an auto-rickshaw. He suffered a severe head injury in the accident. Locals later rushed him to Char Fasson Upazila Health Complex in the same auto-rickshaw.

He was taken to the hospital at around 8:40am, where the attending physician examined him and declared him dead.

Locals said Abdullah had been visiting his maternal grandparents’ home in the Paschim Char Umed area. His maternal grandfather, the late Jalal Ahmed, was a resident of Ward No. 8 of Paschim Char Umed village.

News of the tragic accident cast a pall of grief over the area, with family members mourning the child’s death.