Man killed after pick-up van hits him in Dhaka’s Kamrangirchar area

A man was killed after a pick-up van hit him in Dhaka's Kamrangirchar Beribandh area this morning.

The identity of the deceased, aged around 50, could not be known immediately.

The man was crossing the road when a pick-up van hit him around 7am, leaving him critically injured. He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital by one Rakib Hossain and on duty doctors declared him dead, inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH Police Outpost, said.

Rakib initially claimed he was walking on the road at the time of the incident but police came to know that he was the pick-up van driver, Bachchu said adding they detained him for interrogation.