2 transport workers killed in Dhaka road accidents

Two transport workers were killed in separate road accidents in Gabtoli and Jatrabari of Dhaka today.

In Gabtoli, a transport worker died after he was hit by a speeding vehicle near the bus terminal in the early hours today. 

The deceased, Billal, 35, was on his way to work when an unidentified vehicle hit and fled immediately around 5:30am, said Farukul Alam, officer-in-charge of Darussalam Police Station. 

Billal’s body has been kept at Shaheed Suhrawardy Hospital morgue. 

In Jatrabari, the second victim, Niranjan aged 26, was injured after falling from a speeding truck in Dayaganj area around 7:00am, said Kazi Wazed Ali, officer-in-charge of Jatrabari Police Station.

Doctors at DMCH pronounced him dead, police said.

Source: thedailystar