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2 killed in separate city road accidents
Two people were killed in separate road crashes in Badda and Gulshan areas of the capital on Monday.
Two people were killed in separate road crashes in Badda and Gulshan areas of the capital on Monday.
The deceased were identified as carpenter Md Azmir Sheikh, 27, of Pabna district and Sakhina Aktar, 28, a cleaner of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC).
In Badda, Azmir was injured after being hit by a truck while crossing the road in front of Hossain Market area early Monday.
He was later rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where doctors declared him dead around 6am.
In Gulshan, Sakhina sustained injuries on her head after being hit by a microbus while she was sweeping the road at Coca-Cola intersection in the early hours of Monday.
She was rushed to a local hospital first and then shifted to DMCH where she succumbed to her injuries around 5:30am.
The bodies were kept at the DMCH morgue for autopsy, said Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH police outpost.