MUMBAI: A 15-year-old boy died after a javelin thrown by another student during a practice session pierced his head at a school in Maharashtra's Raigad district, the police said on Thursday.
According to the police, the deceased student, Hujefa Daware had bent down to tie his shoelace and didn't realise the pointed object was moving towards him.
The freak incident took place at INT English School at Purar, Goregaon, in the Mangaon taluka of the district on Wednesday afternoon when students were practising javelin throwing at the school's ground, he said.
Daware was also a part of the javelin team that was preparing for a taluka-level meet. As the practice session was underway, a fellow student hurled a javelin. However, Daware apparently failed to notice that the long stick with a pointed end was flying in his direction.
The teen was hit in the head when he bent down to tie his shoelace. Daware collapsed on the spot after the javelin pierced his head. The profusely bleeding student died before he could be taken to the hospital, a police official said.
The Goregaon police in the district have registered a case of accidental death for now and are examining if there was any negligence on the part of the student who threw the javelin, he said.
The police have also sought the footage of the CCTV cameras installed in the school and the ones covering the playground.
A probe into the matter is going on, he added.