BHOJPUR: A five-year-old boy died on Thursday evening when a tractor hit him at Chhachautara in Bhojpur Municipality-12, Bhojpur.

The District Police Office, Bhojpur, said the goods-laden tractor — Me 1 Ta 7444 — heading to Gumba area from the district headquarters knocked Nensang Tamang to death.

The body has been sent to the district hospital for post-mortem, while the driver involved in the accident is absconding and the search is on.