A female student of North South University was killed in a road accident on the Kuril flyover in Dhaka early Friday, police said.
The deceased was identified as Maisha Momotaz Meem, 21, a sixth-semester student in the English department of the university.
The accident occured when a covered van hit Maisha on Kuril flyover around 7:30am, said Mizanur Rahman, sub-inspector of Khilkhet police station.
Mizanur said they received a call at 999 at around 7:30 in the morning and recovered seriously injured Maisha from Khilkhet flyover. “A battered scooty was found beside her”.
She was rushed to Kurmitola General Hospital where doctors declared her dead on arrival, the SI added.
Later, the body was sent to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital Morgue for autopsy.
Meem's uncle Habibur Rahman Chunnu said she left home in the morning to attend a proramme on the campus.
Khilkhet Police Officer-in-Charge (OC) Munshi Shabbir Ahmed said the covered van that hit Meem was identified through CCTV footage and an effort is on to nab the driver.
Vehicle number was also found, he added.