A 65-year-old woman died after she was rammed by a motorcycle while crossing a road in the capital's Dania Friday evening.

Mahiful Begum of Bhola's Lalmohan was about to cross the road when a motorcycle drove from the opposite direction and hit her, Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) police outpost in-charge Inspector Bacchu Miah told UNB. 

The 65-year-old's relatives found her in a critical condition and rushed her to a local hospital. She was declared dead after being shifted to the emergency department of DMCH at 6.30pm.

"The incident has been reported to the concerned police station. The police seized the motorcycle and held the driver. And the body had been kept in the hospital's morgue for autopsy," he added.