A 55-year-old rickshaw puller was killed when a truck knocked him down at Bashabo in the city early Thursday, said police.
The deceased was identified as Halim Bepari, son of Momin Bepari of Madaripur upazila. He was a resident of Kadamtala area.
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Faruk Hossain, sub-inspector of Sabujbagh Police Station, said the accident occurred around 4 am when the truck hit the battery-run auto-rickshaw, leaving him critically injured.
He was taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries around 8 pm.