A 40-year-old woman died in a road accident here on Thursday afternoon when a speeding pickup van hit her. The Chhend police immediately reached the spot, arrested the driver and seized the vehicle.
Police sources said Minati Choudhury, a resident of Chhend Colony, was hit by the van while returning home from the nearby Hanuman temple by walk. The van while talking a U-turn first dashed a stationary Indigo CS car before losing control and dashing the victim. locals immediately rushed Minati, who sustained grievous injuries, to hospital, where she was declared brought dead.