Two people have been killed in separate road accidents in the city’s Gulistan area.
A 35-year-old man was killed being hit by a bus in front of Awami League (AL) party office in Gulistan Saturday morning.
The deceased was identified as Jahangir Matabbar, of Faridpur’s Boalmari upazila. He came to the city to undergo medical test for going abroad.
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Enamul Haque, assistant sub-inspector of Paltan Police Station, said a bus of ‘Manzil Paribahan’ knocked down Jahangir while he was crossing the road.
The bus was seized and the body was sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) for an autopsy.
However, the driver managed to flee, he added.
On Friday night, an unidentified man, believed to be in his 30s, was killed being hit by a truck in Gulistan.
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Some street children took him to DMCH around 1 am where doctors declared him dead, said Bachchu Miah, in-charge of DMCH police outpost.
He added that the body has been kept in the hospital morgue for autopsy.