A medical student was killed when a Metro bus she was travelling on ran her over in Rawalpindi Friday, police said.

Sameera, a 19-year-old student of the Shifa College of Medicine, was travelling to Islamabad when the driver pulled the emergency brakes near the Rehmanabad bus station, apparently due to ongoing construction work in the area.

Due to the impact, the bus hit a pole and the door of the metro bus flung open, throwing Sameera out of the vehicle and onto the road. The student then was run over by the same bus, eyewitnesses and police said. She died on the spot.

A police team from Sadiqabad Police Station reached the scene after the accident and shifted the girl's body to District Headquarters Hospital (DHQ).

The driver of the bus was arrested by police officials after fleeing from the scene earlier. A First-Information Report (FIR) has been registered against him and the cause of the accident is being ascertained, said Station House Officer (SHO) Sadiqabad Raja Tahir.

After the incident, students of Shifa College of Medicine staged a demonstration outside DHQ Hospital and threatened to shut down the Metro bus service if the driver is not apprehended at the earliest.

According to police, the deceased girl hailed from Rahim Yar Khan and was living at Sir Syed Chowk in Rawalpindi. Her body would be handed over to her father, who was travelling to Rawalpindi.

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif took notice of the tragedy and ordered an inquiry into the accident.