Staff Reporter :
A woman was killed and her two daughters were injured when a passenger bus hit their autorickshaw at Mirpur-14 under Bhasantek Police Station in the capital on Tuesday morning.
The deceased identified as Sabina Yasmin, 31, wife of retired navy member Md Shafiqul Islam of Bogura Sadar.
Her two daughters — Ohi, 10, and Rahi, 8 — received minor injuries from the accident and they are well.The accident took place in front of the Dhaka Dental College at Mirpur-14 in the city around 11:30.
Sabina’s two daughters are students of Bangladesh Navy School in Mirpur area.
Following the accident, Sabina and her daughters were rushed to the emergency department of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). The on-duty doctor at the emergency department declared Sabina dead at about 2:30pm, while her two daughters were released after giving first aid.
DMCH police outpost in-charge Bacchu Mia said that the on-duty doctor declared the woman dead when she was brought to the DMCH and the body was kept in the morgue for autopsy.
“My two nieces are the students of local BN (Bangladesh Navy) School. My sister Sabina got on board a battery-operated rickshaw from in front of Dental Hospital at Section-14 Mirpur with her two daughters to take them to her residence. At that time, a speedy passenger bus of Trust Transport Services rammed the autorickshaw from the rear side. Being hit by the bus, my sister injured badly and fell on the road. She was first rushed to a local hospital. As her condition deteriorated, she was taken to the DMCH where a doctor declared her dead,” said Mamun, brother of deceased Sabina.
He said deceased Sabina lived on the first floor of the House-B-37 of BRB Colony. She hailed from Sadar police station in Bogura district.
