Man killed as rickshaw crushed after bus-truck collision in Paltan

A man was killed and another injured when a battery-run rickshaw was crushed following a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Dhaka’s Paltan area early today.
The passenger of the rickshaw died on the spot, while the rickshaw driver suffered critical injuries and was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said Md Arifullah, a sub-inspector of Paltan Police Station.
The identities of the deceased passenger and the rickshaw driver have not been confirmed yet.
Quoting witnesses, the SI said that the accident occurred around 5:00am when a bus of Unique Paribahan and an onion-laden truck collided head-on, causing both vehicles to swerve aside. The rickshaw was crushed between the two vehicles during the collision, he said.
Police seized both the vehicles, but the drivers fled the scene, the SI added.