Dhaka, Sept 5 (UNB)- A male pedestrian was killed as a passenger bus of Ilisha Paribahan hit him at Jatrabari crossing on Wednesday evening.
Police quoting witnesses said the incident took place at around 8:00 pm when the Ilisha Paribahan bus hit him while he was crossing the Jatrabari intersection, said Officer-in-Charge of Jatrabari police station Kazi Wajed Ali.
The man, aged around 30, was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where he was declared dead.
The bus driver, Yousuf Ali, along with the bus was detained by the Jatrabari thana police.
The body of the unidentified man was kept at the DMCH morgue for postmortem.