A three-year-old girl was killed after being hit by a battery-run rickshaw in the Begunbari area of the capital on Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Nowrin, daughter of Md Nazim Uddin. Hailing from Dewanganj upazila of Jamalpur, the family has been living in Begunbari of Tejgaon.
Nazim Uddin said he along with his daughter was crossing the road when a speeding battery-run rickshaw struck her around 5:00pm, leaving her with severe head injuries.
She was first taken to a nearby hospital. As her condition worsened, she was shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), where the on-duty doctor at the emergency department declared her dead around 6:30pm.
Inspector Md Faruk, in-charge of the DMCH police camp, said the body has been kept at the hospital morgue.