Police have laid charges on the driver of the vehicle that hit a Class 1 student causing his death in Ra yesterday morning.

Director Traffic, SSP Mahesh Mishra confirms that the driver has been charged with occasioning death by dangerous driving and will be produced in Rakiraki court.

The student was getting off his school bus and trying to cross the road to get to school when an oncoming car hit him.

The student died on his way to hospital.