A housewife was killed in a road accident at Maris Bazar intersection on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Modhukhali upazila of Faridpur district on Monday.

The deceased was identified as Zahida begum (50), wife of Hashem Sheikh of Shamoskandi village under the upazila. According to police sources, Zahida along with her family was going to Modhukhali Bazar by rickshaw in the afternoon. Around 2.30pm the accident occurred when a Faridpur bound bus hit their rickshaw leaving Zahida dead on the spot.