Car ploughs through footpath, kills pedestrian in Dhaka
A pedestrian was killed and another injured when a car went off road and ploughed through a footpath in Shanir Akhra area of Dhaka this afternoon.
The dead Tofazzal Hossain Malo, 60, was a CNG-run three-wheeler businessman. The injured Jasim Uddin took treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
Deceased's cousin Sattar said his brother was standing near a tea stall on the footpath in Shanir Akhra Bridge area around 3:30pm when the driver of a car lost control and drove through.
The car caught fire following the incident, Bhazan Kumar Sarkar, officer-in-charge of Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters, said adding that two units of firefighters doused the blaze.
Tofazzal was declared dead at DMCH around 4:30pm. The car driver managed to flee the spot, said Sub-Inspector Monir Uddin of Jatrabari Police Station.
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