India, Feb. 24 -- A 27-year-old woman was killed in a road accident in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district while trying to escape from eve-teasers who were chasing her in another vehicle.

The victim, an event management professional, was a resident of Hooghly's Chinsurah, said a report from news agency PTI.

The deceased was going to Gaya with three of her colleagues for a function when the accident took place at Panagarh around 9:30 pm on Sunday, police said. Two other persons travelling with her also sustained critical injuries, they added.

The victim and her colleagues had refueled their car at a petrol pump in the region when a white car with five passengers began to follow them, a senior police officer was cited as saying.

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