Medical officials at the Mongar referral hospital said that the student was already dead when she was brought to the hospital at around 8.30 am.

The driver told police officials that he was on his way to Kilikhar village.  The driver claimed that the child suddenly came in front of the vehicle.  Police are investigating the case.

In another incident, a 26-year old woman was also killed in a car accident on the Bumthang-Mongar highway on the night of February 3.

The taxi, she was travelling in, went off the road and fell 400 m at Latongla.  The driver, who survived with minor injuries, said that the accident occurred because of foggy weather.  There was no other passenger in the taxi besides the deceased.  The case is also under police investigation.