Schoolboy killed after bus hits bicycle in Kolkata
Times of India | 28 November 2025
KOLKATA: A 14-year-old boy cycling to school was killed after being hit by a speeding private bus in the city's Kashipur area on Friday morning, triggering tension and anger among residents, police said.
The victim has been identified as Aranya Chakraborty, a class 9 student of Kashipur Kendriya Vidyalaya and a resident of Baranagar, an officer said.
“The incident occurred around 10.45 am at CIT More when a speeding bus lost control and rammed into the boy's bicycle on BT Road,” he added.
The impact threw the student onto the road, where he was crushed under the bus's front left wheel, the officer said.
Local residents rushed to help and took him to a nearby nursing home, but doctors declared him dead on arrival.
Police have launched an investigation into the accident.