A 17-year-old student was run over by a speeding Blueline bus in north-east Delhi on Monday morning, triggering protests by locals.

Aditya Jain, a Class 9 student, was hit by the Blueline bus that was plying on Seemapuri-Fatehpuri route in Usmanpur area of north-east Delhi at approximately 8 am, when he was on his way to school, police said.

They said the boy, a student of Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalya School at Mori Gate, died on the spot. Enraged by the incident, residents took to the streets and held protests at the site.

A case of negligence and rash driving has been registered against the driver.