Barguna Correspondent:

A seven-year-old girl was killed in a road accident in Barguna’s Taltali upazila on Sunday.

The accident took place around 1:00 PM in front of a madrasa at Momes Para area in the upazila.

The deceased was identified as Habiba Akter, daughter of Abdus Salam Munshi, a resident of the same area in the upazila.

According to locals, a speedy battery-ran-auto-rickshaw coming from the opposite direction hit Habiba while she was crossing a road, leaving him critically injured on the spot.

Locals later rescued her from the spot and took her to Taltali Upazila Health Complex where on-duty doctors declared her dead upon arrival.

Confirming the matter, Taltali Police Station officer-in-charge Shahjalal said that a team of police rushed to the spot.

Legal process was underway in this connection, the OC added.