One bus hits, another runs over college teacher in Khilgaon; driver, helper detained

A college teacher was killed after being struck by one bus and run over by another in the capital’s Meradia area of Khilgaon yesterday evening (16 September).

The deceased was identified as Tasfia Ahmed Tisha, 31, a teacher at Milestone School and College in Aftabnagar.

The accident occurred around 5:45pm in front of Basumati Hospital on the main road.

According to police, Tisha was returning home when a bus of Ramjan Paribahan struck her, throwing her onto the road. A bus of Tisha Paribahan then ran over her, leaving her critically injured.

Passers-by rescued her and took her to Farazi Hospital, where she received initial treatment before her family transferred her to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Doctors there declared her dead around 9:30pm.

Khilgaon Police Station Sub-Inspector Anoy Chandra Pal said police seized both buses and detained the driver of one and the helper of the other.

However, police have yet to determine whether Tisha was walking or travelling on a motorcycle at the time of the accident, as no motorcycle was found at the scene.

The exact roles and positions of the two buses’ driver and helper during the incident are also under investigation, said SI Anoy.

Tisha was from Chandpur Sadar upazila, the daughter of Md Shafuddin Ahmed. Her husband lives abroad, and she had been living with her family in the Nayapara area of Meradia.