A child died after being hit by a school bus in Jhapa on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as two-and-half-year old Chindal Subedi, daughter of Pawal Subedi of Kamal Rural Municipality-2, the District Police Office, Jhapa said. Police said that the bus (Me 1 Ka 407) belonging to the Nawadaya Secondary School hit her at Bhutlung in Kamal-2 at around 4 pm yesterday.

Critically injured in the incident, Subedi breathed her last during the course of treatment at the Medimax Hospital in Gauradaha.

Police said that they have impounded the bus and arrested its driver Durga Bahadur Kunwar (39) for investigation.