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Auto-rickshaw driver killed in city road crash
DHAKA, April 07, 2021 (BSS) – A 60-year-old auto-rickshaw driver died on the spot as a passenger bus hit his vehicle from the back in the capital’s New Market area today, police and hospital sources said.
The CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver was identified as Golam Mostafa, who died on the spot when an Azimpur-bound passenger bus of ‘Thikana Paribahan’ rammed into the three-wheeler this morning, inspector Bachchu Mia of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) police outpost told BSS.
The victim’s body was kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy, he added.
A hospital source said Golam Mostafa, alongwith his family, lived in Rampura area.
Police seized the bus and detained its driver Jalal (30) after the accident.
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