Hit by truck
Hit by truck, student dies on Ctg highway
A HSC student crossing the road died after being hit by a speeding truck on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Mirsharai upazila of Chattogram Tuesday, police said.
The deceased was identified as Mishu Rani Debi Poly, 18, a second-year HSC student of
Nizampur Government College and daughter of Surjo Mohon Debnath from Khoiyachora union.
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"Poly was hit by the speeding Dhaka-bound truck around 8am while she was crossing the road in front of Nizampur Government College," said Md Kohinur Mia, in charge of Nizampur police investigation center.
"She died on the spot," the officer said, adding the truck driver and his assistant were arrested from the spot. "The body has been sent to a local hospital morgue for an autopsy."
9-year old killed after being hit by truck in city, driver held
A 9-year old boy was killed as a truck his bicycle in the city's Sabujbagh area on Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Sajjad Hossain, a student of class IV of Sabujbagh Government Primary School and son of Md Riaz, a resident of North Bashabo area.
The accident occurred around 12 pm when the soil-laden truck hit the bicycle of Sajjad , leaving him dead on the spot, said Moniruzzaman, Sub inspector of Sabujbagh police station.
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Locals held truck driver Mosharef,48, and handed him over to police, said SI Moniruzaman.
The body was sent to hospital morgue for an autopsy and the truck was seized, he said.
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