A student of International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) was killed in a road crash on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Sitakunda upazila on Tuesday morning.
The deceased was identified as Maisha Mushfirat, 21, a second-semester student in the Department of English at IIUC.
She was the daughter of Sakhawat Hossain and Salma Akhtar and hailed from Botkatia area of Khaiyachhara union in Mirsarai upazila, Chattogram.
The incident occurred around 9:30am opposite Dallas Petrol Pump in Kumira area when a lorry collided with a bus, causing it to overturn and crush three people standing beside the highway, including two IIUC students.
According to Mostak Khondokar, senior assistant director of IIUC, the students were waiting to head home after classes when the incident occurred.
Maisha was rescued and taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH), where doctors declared her dead around 11am.
Another IIUC student, identified as Razia, and an outsider were injured in the crash.
IIUC Vice-Chancellor Ali Azadi and Pro-Vice Chancellor Hasmat Ali visited CMCH after learning about the incident.
The university authorities expressed deep grief over Maisha’s death and offered condolences to her family.
Following the incident, all classes at the university were suspended on Tuesday by order of the authorities.
Meanwhile, Dhaka-Chattogram highway and railway blocked over the incident.
