Bangladeshi student dies after Kolkata road accident

A Bangladeshi student passed away on Tuesday, two days after she was injured in a road accident in Kolkata.

The student – Shazmila Jishman Moon, 22, hailing from Chattogram – breathed her last around 10:20pm local time at the SSKM hospital, after a special team of doctors failed to save her, police said.

She was in Kolkata on her way to New Delhi with her mother Shirin Ara Chowdhury, 55, a professor at Chattogram University, for the latter's cancer treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

Shazmila and Shirin were hit by a bus while they were crossing a road near the Birla Planetarium.

During Shazmila's treatment, Kolkata Police had facilitated a "green corridor" (traffic-free streets) for quick supply of 11 units of blood from a blood bank.

Doctors said she died due to excessive internal bleeding following the accident on Sunday. Shirin is currently under treatment at the same hospital.

Two of Shazmila's brothers – one is an officer in the Bangladesh army, the other an IT professional -- have been in Kolkata since the accident.