A trader died as a gas cylinder fell on him while being unloaded from a truck at a ship breaking yard on Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Md Ali Nizam, 43.
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The accident occurred around 10 at the ship breaking yard named ‘Mother Steel’ when he went there for buying scraps.
Sub-Inspector of Sitakundu police station Faruque Hossain said some workers were unloading gas cylinders from a truck when Ali went there.
At one stage, the cap of a gas cylinder got loose and it started to roll and hit Ali’s face who was standing 150 feet off the truck, said the SI.
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Severely injured Ali was rushed to Chattogram Medical College Hospital where doctors announced him dead.
The body was sent for an autopsy, said police.