The accident occurs in the Nobboi Degree area on Udaypur Road
A fruit trader dies after vehicle veers off road in Gazipur
A fruit trader was struck and killed when a pickup van carrying him veered off the roadway and smashed a standing vehicle on early Thursday, police said.
Published : 22 March 2018, 09:03 AM
Updated : 22 March 2018, 09:07 AM
The accident occurred around 5:30am on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway. The 30-year-old victim was identified as Abdul Hamid, a seasonal fruit trader from Mymensingh.
The driver lost control of the watermelon-laden pickup van, when it came near the Porabari area in Gazipur. It was heading for Mymensingh.
The van went off the road and its front part was twisted after slamming a standing car, said SI Binoy Kumar Sarker of Naojorh Highway Police Outpost.
Hamid was trapped inside and died on the spot. Later, after recovering the body from the spot, police took it to the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital for autopsy.
Police seized the pickup van but failed to arrest the driver as he fled from the spot after the accident.
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