Staff Reporter:
A 60-year-old man was killed after being hit by an unidentified vehicle in the Azampur area of Uttara in the capital on Monday.
The deceased was identified as Parosh Mia Bepari, son of Hamid Bepari from the Madhyanagar area un-der Bancharampur Upazila. He lived in a rented house in the Chalaban area of Uttara.
Md Jamal Hossain, who took him to the hospital, said Parosh Mia worked as a day labourer. He was seriously injured after being hit by a speeding unidentified vehicle while crossing a road in the Azampur area under Uttara East Police Station around 10:30 am.
He was first taken to Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital in Uttara. As his condition deteriorated, he was later shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead around 2:45 pm.
Inspector Md Faruk, in-charge of the police camp at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said the body has been kept at the hospital’s emergency department morgue.
The matter has been informed to the concerned police station, he added.
