A 14-year old boy was killed in a road crash on his way to receive Covid-19 vaccine jab in Nawabganj upazila of Dinajpur on Monday.

The deceased was Hummayun Kabir, a student of class IX of Helencha High School and son of Shariful Islam Pradhan of Shibrampur village.

The accident occurred around 11 am when a sand-laden trolley truck hit an auto-rickshaw carrying Humayun and some six or seven of his classmates to Upazila Health Complex, said Bibhutibhusan Brati Ray, Sub-Inspector of Nawabganj police station.

Efforts are on to arrest the truck driver, said the SI.