13 Nov 2019, 9:00 AM
A 13-year-old girl was killed in the capital’s suburb Hulhumalé on Tuesday night after a bus collided with a motorcycle on the road that leads to the airport highway and bridge to Malé.
Fathmath Anjum Shafeeq, from Thulusdhoo island in Kaafu atoll, was a seventh grade student at the Jamaluddin School in Malé. She was pronounced dead on arrival at the Tree Top Hospital in Hulhumalé. Her mother, who had been driving the motorcycle, was taken to the Hulhumalé hospital. She did not sustain serious injuries.
Eyewitnesses told the media that the bus operated by the state-owned Maldives Transport and Contracting Company hit the motorcycle from behind. The girl flew off and hit her head on the ground. Her helmet was smashed by the force of impact, according to eyewitnesses.
The bus continued on its way after the collision and was stopped near the bridge u-turn, police said. The 54-year-old male driver was arrested and an investigation is underway.
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