Woman dies in Dhaka road accident

A woman died on a Dhaka street when a bus hit her autorickshaw on Tuesday.

The accident occurred at the Bijoy Sarani intersection, killing Akhter Jahan Rumpa, 28. Rumpa used to work in a private eye hospital in Sylhet. She came to Dhaka on Tuesday.

She hailed from Cumilla, said Sub-inspector Bachchu Miah of Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s police outpost. Her husband resides in Chattogram’s Halishahar.

Rumpa came to Dhaka to sit for a job test at Bangladesh Eye Hospital. She was travelling in an autorickshaw from Mohakhali when a bus operated by Green Line hit the vehicle at the Bijoy Sarani intersection.

Rumpa was taken to DMCH where the doctor on duty declared her dead, said Bachchu.

She was working at VARD Eye Hospital at Osmaninagar in Sylhet after finishing a professional course from the same hospital, Khan Md Abdullah, Rumpa’s brother-in-law, told bdnews24.com.