A mango trader named Shahidul Islam (45) died after a truck loaded with mangoes overturned in Satkhira. The accident occurred around 10:30pm on Wednesday at the Chingrikhali area of the bypass road in Sadar Upazila.
The deceased, Shahidul Islam, was a resident of Kayba village in Sharsha Upazila of Jashore district.
According to police, eyewitnesses and family members, Shahidul was on his way to Mautala Bazaar in Kaliganj from Kolaroa on a mango-laden truck. Around 9:30pm, as the truck passed the Labsa intersection and headed toward Satkhira Medical College, it lost control and overturned into a roadside canal at Chingrikhali.
The truck driver managed to jump out quickly, but Shahidul became trapped under the vehicle. Locals rescued him and took him to Satkhira Sadar Hospital around 11pm, where doctors declared him dead.
Officer-in-Charge of Satkhira Sadar Police Station, Md Shaminul Haque, confirmed that the overturned truck has been recovered. Shahidul’s body has been kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy.
It will be handed over to his family after the post-mortem examination.