City road crash kills schoolgirl

A schoolgirl was killed while her father and brother sustained injuries as a speeding bus ran over them in Bashtala area in Gulshan on Saturday evening, reports UNB.

The deceased was identified as Israt Jahan Sneha, 13, a ninth-grade student of National Ideal School and College and daughter of Shajahan Mia of Banasree area of the city.

The accident took place as a speeding bus hit a motorcycle from behind when the victim's father Shajahan along with his children were going to Gazipur at around 07:00 pm, leaving Israt dead on the spot, said Abu Bakar Siddique, officer-in-charge of Gulshan Police Station.