India, April 8 -- An eight-year-old boy died on Monday after he stumbled and fell on the ground and came under the wheels of a school van, which was reversing in Maruti Kunj, Bhondsi, a police officer said on Tuesday.

The 29-year-old driver, a resident of Motihari in Bihar's East Champaran district, who fled from the spot, was arrested on Tuesday night, the officer said, adding that he was living in Bhondsi and ran a private school van.

The deceased, Shivansh Tripathi, was a Class 1 student at a private school in the city. Police said the boy had gone to a neighbourhood shop to purchase chocolate after returning from school and on his way back home, stumbled after hitting a brick on the road and fell right behind the van of a private sc...