Dhaka, Feb. 19 -- A woman has died after being run over by a truck while travelling to her workplace on a motorcycle with her husband in Dhaka.

The incident occurred on the Manikdia Club intersection around 8:30 am on Monday.

The victim, 27-year-old Zerin Taslima Nawshin, was a garment merchandiser at SQ Group. Her husband Fakhrul Hasan Rifat is a computer engineer, who works at a firm in Panthapath. He was also injured in the incident.

Following the incident, Rifat rushed Nawshin to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where a doctor declared her dead around 9 am, according to Inspector Md Bachchu Mia of the hospital's police outpost.

Jatrabari resident Rifat was taking his wife to her office in Gulshan on his motorcycle before heading to...