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Woman dies as tree falls on her in city

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A woman was killed and seven other pedestrians sustained injuries as a coconut tree fell on them in front of Shishu Academy in Shahbag area in the capital on Friday night.

The deceased was identified as Mitu Ghosh, 25, betrothed to Dhononjoy Ghosh.

UNB reported quoting the eyewitnesses that the accident took place around 9:30pm when the tree suddenly fell on a rickshaw that was carrying the betrothed couple, leaving the woman dead on the spot and her fiancé injured.

The injured including Dhononjoy, Khorshed Alam, 55, his wife Selina Begum, 35, daughter Seherin Alam, 18, Sanjir Alam, 10, Ranjan Ghosh, 30, Shopna, 32, and rickshaw-puller Mohsin, 28, were taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said Inspector Bachhu Mia of DMCH police outpost.

Later, one of the injured Shopna was taken to Square Hospitals as her condition deteriorated, he added.

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