IIUC student killed in road accident in Sitakunda

A 21-year-old student of the International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) was killed after being hit by a speeding vehicle while crossing the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Sitakunda, Chattogram, on Tuesday morning.

The accident occurred at around 9:20am beside Dallas Petrol Pump in the Kumira area, near the university.

The deceased, Maisha Mushfirat, was a second-semester student of the university's Department of English. She was the daughter of Shakhawat Hossain of Botkatia village in Khaiyachhara Union under Mirsarai upazila.

Police said a speeding vehicle hit Maisha while she was crossing the highway in front of the university, leaving her critically injured.

She was quickly rescued with the assistance of the university authorities and taken to Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH), where the attending doctors declared her dead at around 11:00am.

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Nurul Alam Ashik, sub-inspector of the CMCH Police Outpost, said the IIUC student was brought to the hospital with critical injuries sustained in the road accident, but doctors declared her dead.

The body will be handed over to her family after the completion of legal procedures, he added.