Howrah: An 11-year-old boy died after a speeding motorcycle struck him as he fled from loud firecracker explosions at Khajutti crossing on Bagnan-Bainan Road on Saturday afternoon, police said.Shon Jana, a class 5 student of Hizlok School, was chasing a cut-loose kite around 4.30pm when firecrackers thrown by a group of youths began exploding behind him, police and eyewitnesses said. Startled, he ran towards the opposite side of the road and was hit by a motorcycle travelling towards Bainan. The impact threw him some distance.Residents took the critically injured boy to Bagnan Rural Hospital, where doctors declared him dead. Bagnan police sent his body to Uluberia Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Govt Medical College for post-mortem.The motorcyclist fled after the crash, and police have begun an investigation.
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