The incident took place in front of eye of her husband.

Being hit by a fuel tanker at Teliamura Ompi Chowmuhani on Thursday morning, the woman was critically injured.

The name of the deceased has been identified as Uma Rani Debnath Goswami, resident of Ranirbazar, Mohanpur.

The incident happened when the husband and wife were returning home from a religious ceremony in Kalyanpur.