Prayagraj: An eight-year-old girl died after allegedly being run over by a school van outside her house in Prayagpuram Colony under Naini police station limits on Thursday afternoon, police said.The victim, Tasvani Udyanshi Pathak, a Class III student, had just returned from school in the same van. According to police, after dropping her off around 3.30pm, the driver allegedly reversed the vehicle while she was retrieving her schoolbag, trapping her between the van and the boundary wall of her house.Children travelling in the van raised an alarm, prompting locals to rush to the spot. The girl was immediately taken to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared her dead.Following the incident, angry residents caught the driver, assaulted him and handed him over to police. The accused, identified as Satyapal, has been detained for questioning.Tasvani was the only child of Manish Pathak and Aarti Dubey. While her father works with a private company in Delhi, her mother is a govt schoolteacher posted in Gorakhpur. The girl lived with her grandparents, Surendra Pathak and Kadambini, in Prayagpuram. The family originally belongs to Mirzapur district.Naini SHO Avinash Singh said an FIR had been registered based on a complaint lodged by the victim’s parents. Police are investigating the circumstances leading to the accident.