Minor boy killed in road mishap in UP

A 12-year-old boy was killed today after a truck hit him on Jagdishpur-Faizabad national highway in this district, police said.

The boy, identified as Naim, was hit by a truck and after which he was rushed to a near-by community health centre and later referred to the trauma centre in Lucknow but succumbed to injuries, he added.

Police arrested the driver and impounded the vehicle.