India, Nov. 10 -- A routine drive to university turned fatal for a 21-year-old Indian student in Dubai. Naifa Balkies Hameed's car got a flat tyre and she was allegedly struck by a speeding vehicle while waiting for assistance on the roadside.

Balkies Hameed, an architecture student at Canadian University Dubai, died on Thursday after the crash in Dubai's Al Rashidiya area. Her family said the accident occurred just minutes after she spoke to her father about the flat tyre. They now hope her death will raise awareness about the dangers faced because of lack of roadside safety.

According to relatives, Naifa called her father, Binu Hameed, while driving to university to inform him that one of her tyres had gone flat. He advised her to con...