Raichur: A 12-year-old boy was killed as a Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (KKRTC) bus ran over him near the Lingasugur Bus Stand while his eight-year-old brother sustained grievous injuries.

Lingasugur Police have registered a case and are investigating the incident. The accident allegedly occurred due to the negligence of the bus driver.

Eye-witnesses took the children Siddarama (12) and his younger brother Dhananjaya (8) to hospital immediately but Siddarama failed to respond to the treatment and died in hospital. Dhananjaya was found to be seriously injured in his limbs and is learned to be undergoing treatment in hospital currently.

The locals have demanded that the family of the boys be given appropriate compensation.

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