Truck crushes pregnant woman as she falls off motorbike in Dhaka

A pillion rider died after she fell off a motorbike into a speeding truck in Dhaka on Thursday.

Senior Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 8 March 2018, 10:54 AM
Updated : 8 March 2018, 10:54 AM

The victim has been identified as 20-year-old Afsana Akhter, who was travelling with her husband in the morning.

Afsana was five months into her pregnancy, said her husband Abul Azim, who was driving the motorcycle.

“We were on our way to Narayanganj to visit a relative. Afsana fell on the road as the bike slipped. A truck ran over her,” he told bdnews24.com.

Afsana was rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital where she was declared dead.