An SSC examinee was run over by a truck in Uttara yesterday, shortly after he came out of the examination centre.

Nayeem, 17, was crossing the road near Azampur BNS Centre around 1:30pm when a truck hit him, said OC Shamim Ahmed of Uttara East Police Station.

Nayeem's classmate Pallab Kumar Shil said they were Uttara High School students and were sitting for the SSC exams this year. Their exam centre was at Uttara Rajuk School and College.

Nayeem, a commerce student, had appeared for his Finance and Banking exam earlier in the day.

"We first took Nayeem to a private hospital and later to DMCH, where he was declared dead around 3:15pm," he added.

The OC said locals seized the truck but the driver fled. Inspector Md Faruk, in-charge of the DMCH police camp, said the body was kept at the morgue.