A Correspondent:
Kushtia: A retired army personnel was killed in a road accident in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia on Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as 60-year-old Khandaker Ehsan Habib, son of late Khandaker Has-mat Ali of Hakimpur village in the upazila.
Citing locals, police said Ehsan Habib was travelling by motorcycle from Daulatpur towards the Upazila Parishad on Tuesday afternoon.
At around 2:30pm, when he reached in front of the Ansar-VDP Bank, his motorcycle collided with a battery-run three-wheeler locally known as a ‘Pakhi van’.
He fell onto the road and was critically injured after being hit by a trolley coming from behind.
Locals rescued him and rushed him to Daulatpur Upazila Health Complex, where the on-duty doc-tor declared him dead after examination.
Khaledur Rahman, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Daulatpur Police Station, said necessary legal action was being taken in connection with the accident.
