2 killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka

Two people were killed in two separate road accidents in Dhaka's Jatrabari and Khilgaon areas this morning.

The deceased were identified as Amena Bibi (80) and Abu Bakar Siddque, a helper of a truck.

Amena sustained critical injuries at Khilgaon's Tilpapara area as a battery-run auto-rickshaw hit her around 5:00am when she went outside for her morning walk. She was rushed to Mugda Medical College Hospital where doctors declared her dead, said Sonia Parveen, a sub-inspector of Khilgaon Police Station.

In Jatrabari, Bakar was crushed between a wall  and his truck when the driver was moving the vehicle towards the back around 8:30am, said driver Tofazzal Hossain.

He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead, he said.

Both the bodies were kept at DMCH morgue for autopsy.