A rickshaw puller was killed when a truck hit a rickshaw in city’s Surma Market area on Wednesday morning.
The deceased Rafiqul Islam was a resident of Chand Mia Colony, a suburb area in Sylhet and son of Lutfar Rahman of Taraganj upazila in Rangpur district.
The accident took place around 7:30 am when a goods-laden truck from Kalighat hit the rickshaw, leaving Rafiqul dead on the spot, said Selim Mia, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.