A rickshaw puller was killed as a speeding car hit his rickshaw on Basabo flyover in the capital's Sabujbagh on Wednesday morning. The identity of the deceased, aged about 35, could not be ascertained yet. Also read: SUST student killed in Sylhet road crash When a speeding car hit the rickshaw its puller fell on the road in the morning, said a witness of the incident. He was rushed to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital in critical condition and was pronounced dead by a doctor at around 5.30 am. Also read: 4 of a family among 5 killed in Sylhet road crash Mohammad Bachchu Mia, in-charge (inspector) of the police camp at DMCH confirmed the death and said the body has been kept at the morgue of the hospital for an autopsy.

A rickshaw puller was killed after being hit by a sand-laden tractor on the west side of Comilla-Sylhet Highway in Sherpur of Brahmanbaria district on Friday morning.