Run over by bus, teen loses leg

A teenage girl lost her right leg as the wheels of a BRTC bus ran over it on Airport Road near Banani's Chairman Bari on Friday night.

The Uttara-bound BRTC double-decker bus coming from Mohakhali hit Rozina Akhter, 18.
According to a press release of Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges, BRTC has handed over Tk 50,000 to the victim and has also taken the responsibility of financing her treatment.
Her right leg got severed from her thigh down following the accident. Her physical condition is now stable but she is not out of danger
Soon after the incident, the passengers of the bus caught the driver and handed him over to the police, a duty officer of Banani Police Station told The Daily Star.
Rasul Mia said his two daughters worked as domestic help in Dhaka city and sent him Tk 11,000 per month. He said his family depended heavily on this money.
Miraj Uddin Mollah, consultant orthopedic surgeon at NITOR, told reporters that Rozina is now suffering from mental trauma. After her physical condition recovers, she will require psychological counseling.