CHANGANASSERY: In a tragic incident, a 10-year-old boy was run over by an ambulance after it rammed into another ambulance. The deceased has been identified as Roshan Reji, son of Raji and Mini who live in Vagathanam.

The accident took place on the Perumthuruthy-Mannarkkad bypass at around 8.30 am while Roshan was returning from a shop with his grandmother. According to witnesses, two ambulances coming from the opposite directions rammed into each other before one of them lost its control and ran over the boy. Though Roshan was immediately rushed to the Kottayam Medical College Hospital, he soon succumbed to his injuries. Nobody else was injured in the accident.

Roshan was a class 4 student of the St.Elias UP School, Nalunnakkal. He has a brother named Robin.