Woman run over by bus in Shantinagar
A woman was run over by a bus as it sped up while she was getting off the vehicle in the city’s Shantinagar area yesterday morning.
Deceased Kaniz Fatema, 30, used to work at a lab of Quantum Blood Bank at Shantinagar.
She was on her way to office from her parents’ house in Mirpur when the tragic accident took place around 9am.
The bus, belonging to Al Makkah Paribahan, reached near her office and slowed down.
As she tried to get off the bus, its driver recklessly pulled away, her husband Shafiqul Islam told The Daily Star, quoting witnesses.
Kaniz fell on the road and the rear wheels crushed her lower body, leaving her critically injured.
Locals rescued the victim and took her to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where she succumbed to her injuries at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) around 1pm, said Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH police outpost.
Kaniz used to live with her husband at Dania in the capital. She went to visit her parents on Monday.
Police seized the bus but its driver and helper managed to flee the scene, Sentu Mia, inspector (Investigation) of Paltan Police Station, told The Daily Star.
“We are trying to arrest the duo,” he added.
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