Bhubaneswar: In a heartrending mishap, a schoolboy was killed and three others sustained critical injuries as an auto-rickshaw, in which they were travelling, was hit by a tractor at Mohana early this morning.

The injured have been admitted to the Chandragiri hospital.

According to reports, the ill-fated auto-rickshaw was carrying about eight students of a private school when it was hit by a tractor. The three-wheeler overturned at the spot. Locals rescued the children and rushed them to Chandragiri hospital when one of them succumbed.

Police have reached the spot and started investigation.