Road accident kills 1 on Dhaka-Aricha highway

A police officer’s wife was killed and he was injured in a hit-and-run accident on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar’s Hemayetpur last night. The deceased is Hafiza Akhter Tania, 30, wife of Sub-Inspector Arif Hasan from Dhanmondi Police Station. They were hit by an unknown vehicle while riding a motorcycle. Tania was declared dead at a local hospital, while the injured Hasan was later moved to a Dhaka hospital. The vehicle involved in the accident is yet to be identified.