A 25-year-old man was killed as a truck hit an auto-rickshaw in the city’s Paltan area early Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as poultry trader Md Shohag, of Noakhali district.
A witness said when Shohag was carrying some poultry birds in a battery-run auto-rickshaw a truck hit the vehicle in front of RAJUK building on his way to Khilgaon in the early hours of Wednesday.
He fell off the auto-rickshaw and suffered injuries.
Later, he was rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where doctors declared him dead, said Md Bachchu Mia, in-charge (inspector) of DMCH police outpost.
The body was kept at DMCH morgue for an autopsy, he added.
Source: United News of Bangladesh