Teliamura, November 2: A 13-year-old school student sustained serious injuries in a road accident when an auto-rickshaw hit his bicycle in the Chakmaghat area under Teliamura subdivision on Monday morning. The injured student was identified as Jiban Das, a Class VII student and resident of Chakmaghat. According to reports, Jiban was returning home on his bicycle from the Old Market near Chakmaghat National Highway when a speeding auto-rickshaw reportedly lost control and hit his bicycle from behind. Due to the impact, the boy was thrown off his bicycle and came under the auto-rickshaw, sustaining serious injuries. Hearing the noise of the accident, local residents rushed to the spot and rescued the injured boy from beneath the vehicle. He was immediately taken to Teliamura Sub-Divisional Hospital by ambulance, where doctors provided initial treatment.