A 24-year-old woman was killed following a collision between two rickshaws, including a battery-run one, in the city’s Chawkbazar area early Thursday, said police.
The deceased was identified as Umme Salma, 24, of Bhola district. She completed her post-graduation from Eden College recently.
Salma’s cousin Md Hasan said she came to Dhaka this morning after Eid vacation and was going to her hostel at Azimpur from Sadarghat in a battery-run rickshaw with Hasan.
The accident occurred around 4am when a wheel of their rickshaw got stuck in a hole in Islambag area and it overturned after being hit by another speeding rickshaw, leaving Salma seriously injured.
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She was rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where doctors declared her dead on arrival, said Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of the DMCH Police Outpost.
The body was kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy, he added.
Source: United News of Bangladesh