A 12-year-old schoolboy was trampled on by a tank lorry on Tuesday morning in Jhalakathi.
The deceased is Arman Hossain Anan, a student of grade seven at Jhalokathi Government High School. He is the son of Ponabalia UP member Ismail Hossain.
Police seized the lorry but the driver managed to escape, said Khalilur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sadar police station.
According to police and locals, Anan and his friend Sunmoon were returning home on a bicycle from the mini park in the town around 11am. The lorry hit their bicycle on Jelepara Road.
The injured boys were taken to Jhalakathi Sadar Hospital, where the duty-doctor pronounced Anan dead.