Dubai, Nov. 11 -- A 21-year-old Indian student was killed in a road accident in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Thursday, November 5, after being struck by a speeding vehicle while waiting for roadside assistance following a flat tyre.

Naifa Balkies Hameed, originally from Thodupuzha in Kerala, was a final-year architecture student at Canadian University Dubai. The accident occurred on Al Khawaneej Street as she was travelling to university.

According to a report published by Gulf News on Tuesday, November 10, Hameed contacted her father, Binu Hameed, after one of her car tyres went flat. He advised her to arrange roadside assistance, have the vehicle taken to a workshop and travel to university by taxi.

About five minutes after ...