A joyride to historic Panam City in Narayanganj turned tragic for a group of university students Friday after one of them was killed in a road accident while three others escaped with injuries.
Twenty-year-old Mahima, a third-year student in English at the East West University, was killed, and three of her classmates were hurt when a bus hit their car at 10:45pm.
A bus of Saudia Paribahan crashed into the vehicle in Sonargaon's Dariyakandi, leaving four students, including Mahima, seriously injured, Nabir Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kanchpur Highway Police Station, said.
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Mahima's other classmates, who were in another car, rushed her and three others to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where the 22-year-old was declared dead upon arrival, Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH Police Outpost, said.
Rabab, 25, Anan, 22, and Kazi, 22, are undergoing treatment at the hospital, and they are out of danger now, he added.
"Police seized the bus; however, the driver managed to flee the scene of the crash," OC Nabir said.