A 10-year-old boy died on the spot, while three others sustained injuries when a car in which they were travelling rammed a roadside tree at Thommidigudiselapalli village in Jannaram mandal on Friday night.

Jannaram Sub-Inspector Gundeti Rajyavardhan said Jaisan Raj, the son of Gopichand Jadhav from Kothapalli in Lingapur mandal of Adilabad district, suffered grievous injuries when the car crashed into the tree, resulting in the instantaneous death of the boy.

Gopichand, a gunman of Narnoor Inspector, his wife Geetha and mother Jijabai were critically wounded in the mishap.