Dhaka, Jan. 22 -- A private university student has been killed after a bus ploughed into the motorcycle she was riding near the Jamuna Future Park on Dhaka's Pragati Sarani.

The victim, identified as 24-year-old Nadia, was a first-year pharmacy student at Northern University.

Nadia, who was a passenger on her friend Mehedi Hasan's motorcycle, was crushed under the front wheels of the bus after it hit her motorcycle around 12:45pm on Sunday, according to Bhatara Police Station Inspector Rafiqul Haque.

Nadia was subsequently rushed to a nearby hospital where on-duty doctor declared her dead on arrival, the inspector said.

Mehedi survived the crash and was being questioned by police.

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