Chikkamagaluru: A 12-year-old class VII student died of cardiac attack in NR Pura in the district.
The incident happened while the boy was cycling.
According to the eyewitnesses, the boy collapsed while cycling near the MESCOM office in the town. Even though the locals rushed him to the nearby hospital, he was declared brought dead.
Doctors suspected cardiac attack as the cause of death. This incident sent shock waves across the district as a young child succumbing to a cardiac attack, a lifestyle disease is rare.
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