India, April 19 -- A 13-year-old Class 8 student was killed and two others were injured after a truck hit them near their campus in Dhoom Manikpur village in Dadri on Friday evening, police said.

According to police, the three were among the eight students from Navodaya Vidyalaya who were returning to their Dadri school after a handball match in Sambhal.

"The children were coming back around 7:30pm to 8pm. It was drizzling, and after the bus dropped them near a bridge close to the school, they were walking the rest of the way when a truck came from behind, possibly skidded, and hit them," said Amit Kumar, station house officer (SHO), Badalpur.

Kumar added that one child succumbed to a head injury during treatment, while two others sust...