Dhaka:A 27-year-old footpath shoe vendor was tragically killed after being struck by an unidentified vehicle in the Jatrabari area of the capital early Friday morning.
According to United News of Bangladesh, the deceased was identified as Aryan, the son of Kader Bhuiyan from Ramgarh village in Bauphal upazila of Patuakhali. Aryan lived in the Nabinagar Mir Hazirbagh area of Jatrabari. The incident occurred around 330 am in front of Malancha Community Centre at Janapad Mor as Aryan was heading home after concluding his day's work.
The accident involved a speeding unidentified vehicle that hit Aryan and fled the scene, leaving him severely injured. A relative, Sohag Mia, was alerted by pedestrians using Aryan's mobile phone. Sohag quickly arrived at the scene and transported Aryan to a nearby hospital before transferring him to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) around 540 am, where doctors pronounced him dead after examination.
Aryan, who had married Mim about a year ago, is survived by his wife, who is currently four months pregnant. Inspector Md Habibur Rahman, in-charge of the DMCH Police Camp, stated that Aryan's body has been kept at the hospital morgue for an autopsy.