NAROWAL: A four-year-old student died after being struck by a school van here on Tuesday.

Ayat Imran, a resident of Pohla, attended classes at a school in the nearby village of Sojuwali. The incident occurred when she was returning home from school. The driver fled.

Locals shifted the injured child to Ahmedabad Rural Heal Centre where she was received dead.

The police arrived at the scene, taking custody of the body and transferring it to the government hospital for a post-mortem examination and further legal procedures.

Published in Dawn, April 24th, 2024

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