Gazipur: Students blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in College Gate area of Tongi on Monday morning protesting the killing of a school girl in a road accident.

Rafa Tajrin, a class VII student of Tongi Sofiuddin Sarker Academy was killed as a bus hit her on the highway on Sunday afternoon while she was returning from school.

Agitated students of the institution took position on the highway and blocked the highway which halted vehicular movement for about forty-five minutes.

The students demanded the punishment of the accused driver, and that the authorities build a foot bridge at the accident spot to avoid further accident.

Later, police went to the spot and brought the situation under control.