A woman was killed after a pick-up van hit a motorbike on Satkhira-Khulna road at Kumira in Tala upazila on Wednesday morning, reports UNB.
The deceased, Fatima Khatun, 30, was the wife of Dr Azizur Rahman of the upazila.
Rezaul Islam, officer-in-charge of Patkelghata Police Station, said the accident took place around 8am when a Khulna-bound pick-up hit a motorbike carrying Fatima and her husband.
She was killed on the spot.
Dr Rahman, injured in the accident, was taken to the Sadar Hospital.