Hyderabad, Dec. 24 -- An eight-year-old boy identified as Vihar died in a freak accident on Wednesday, December 24, after he slipped and fell on a pencil, piercing his throat.

The accident occurred at a private school called Chandana in Naikangudem village of Kusumanchi mandalof Khammam district. "The boy was running back to his classroom from the washroom when he slipped and fell on a pencil which pierced his throat." Kusumanchi police told Siasat.com.

He was rushed to a government hospital but was declared dead. The body has been shifted to a mortuary and will be handed to the family after a postmortem, the police said.

A case has been registered under section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.

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