A tragic road accident in Motihari district's Paharpur police station area resulted in the instant death of a 10-year-old student, Rajkumar. The incident occurred on Monday afternoon near Mishrain Tola Chowk in Paschimi Sareya Panchayat, as Rajkumar was returning to Rajkiya Madhya Vidyalaya Sareya Khas Mishrain Tola after having lunch at home.

The deceased student, son of Krishna alias Bhusa Sah from Kohargadh village, was a third-grade student. According to information, Rajkumar had gone home for lunch on his bicycle, as his house was about five hundred meters from the school. While returning to school after eating, a speeding Hyva truck, heading towards Bettiah on the Malahi-Bettiah main road, struck him near Mishrain Tola Chowk. The collision was so severe that Rajkumar died on the spot.

Following the accident, enraged villagers blocked the Malahi-Bettiah main road, demanding compensation and immediate action against the driver. The road blockade caused long queues of vehicles on both sides, disrupting traffic. The Hyva driver fled the scene immediately after the incident.

Upon receiving information, Paharpur police reached the spot. SI Vivek Kumar, Chandrakant Singh Maurya, Amit Kumar, and Sarpanch representative Ramekbal Prasad pacified the agitated villagers and the victim's family. After much persuasion, the blockade was lifted, and traffic resumed. Rajkumar's death has cast a pall of grief over his family. His mother, Chanda Devi, is inconsolable. It is reported that Rajkumar's father was working out of state at the time of the incident. The police have sent the body for post-mortem and are searching for the absconding Hyva driver.