Agartala, July 12 -- Tragedy struck the Puangbari area under Melaghar police station of Tripura's Sepahijala district this afternoon when an 11-year-old boy, Rajesh Das, was crushed to death by a speeding sand-laden lorry.
According to eyewitnesses, the child was walking along the roadside near the Puangbari market when the lorry, bearing registration number TR01F1602, lost control and ran over him. Rajesh, son of Nimai Das and a resident of Puangbari, died on the spot. His mother's heart-wrenching cries beside his lifeless body left bystanders in tears.
Police from Melaghar police station rushed to the spot, seized the vehicle, and arrested the driver, identified as Prosenjit Debnath, son of the late Suryakanta Debnath of Ward No. 5, Bog...