United News of Bangladesh

A driver of cCity Corporation (KCC) was killed after being crushed by a garbage container-carrying truck at the KCC garage in the Power House area of the city on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Abdus Salam, 48, son of Meser Ahmed of Khulna city. The accident occurred around 11am when the garbage container-carrying truck, driven by Abdur Barek, hit Salam, who was standing near another vehicle, leaving him injured, said Md Rafiqul Islam, Officer-in-Charge of Sonadanga Police Station. Salam became trapped between the two vehicles as the garbage container-carrying truck was being taken out of the garage, witnesses said. He was later taken to Khulna Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.