Reshmi Akhter, a primary school student, will never get the chance to read her new textbooks.
The 10-year-old died after being run over by a truck in Kathgar Sea Beach intersection in Patenga thana on Wednesday morning.
Reshmi, a student of Mirpara Government Primary School and daughter of Shahnur of Dompara area, was returning home after receiving new textbooks at her school.
Jahirul Haque, in-charge of Chittagong Medical College Hospital police outpost, said the accident took place around 11am.
Reshmi, critically injured in the accident, was taken to the hospital where doctors pronounced her dead.