A fifth grader has died after being hit by a microbus while on her way to school in Dhaka’s Uttara.
10-year-old Faizia Tahmina Suchi was a student at Milestone School, said Turag Police OC Nurul Muttakin.
She was on her way to school on Tuesday morning, accompanied by both her parents, when she was run over near Bridge-10 at Diabari. She was confirmed dead at a local hospital.
The microbus was being used by team shooting a television drama in the area. Police have seized the vehicle, but the driver reportedly fled, bdnews24 reports.
Suchi’s father Faizul Islam is an assistant editor at The Daily Ittefaq.