Chesi Tripura, a student of Rajshahi University (RU) who was critically injured in a road accident and airlifted to Dhaka, passed away on Thursday night.
She died while undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital in the capital.
The university’s Proctor Professor Mahbubur Rahman confirmed the matter. Chesi was a student of the Microbiology department from the 2021–22 academic session.
Earlier on Monday, Chesi had visited a classmate’s home in Bagmara, Rajshahi, for a Puja invitation.
On Monday evening, while returning to campus in a CNG-driven auto-rickshaw, a speeding truck rammed into the vehicle in Durgapur area, inflicting severe head injuries on her.
She was initially rushed to Durgapur Upazila Health Complex and subsequently transferred to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.
As her physical condition deteriorated, she was moved to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
For advanced medical treatment, she was airlifted to Dhaka by air ambulance around 1:30pm on Tuesday under the initiative of the university authorities.
