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She could only watch as racing buses crushed her mother
Suraiya Akhter was witness to her mother, Parveen, being crushed between two buses in Gulistan. Traumatised by the incident Akhter and her father broke down in tears at Dhaka Medical College Hospital after Parveen was declared dead. Photo: Collected
Staff Correspondent
Staff Correspondent
A daughter watched her mother being crushed to death between two buses, the drivers of which were competing to get ahead, at an intersection in Gulistan yesterday.
Witnesses said the tragic incident happened around 1:00pm when the deceased, Parveen Begum, 48, and her daughter Suraiya Akhter were crossing the road to catch a Munshiganj-bound bus to return home.