Jhenaidah, Oct. 11 -- A woman was killed and her young daughter injured in a road accident in Kaliganj, Jhenaidah on Saturday. The girl was admitted to Kaliganj Upazila Health Complex for treatment.

The accident occurred around 7pm on the Jhenaidah-Jashore highway in the Dulalmundia area.

The deceased, Aleya Khatun (50), was a resident of Agmundia village in Kaliganj and the wife of Madhu Kazi.

According to eyewitnesses and police, Aleya Khatun was traveling in an auto-van to Kaliganj to visit a patient when the vehicle's axle broke near Dulalmundia on the Jhenaidah-Jashore highway. She was thrown onto the road and seriously injured. Locals rushed her to Kaliganj Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared her dead.

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