A rickshaw driver was killed after being run over by a truck in Azimpur of the capital early Friday.
The deceased was identified as Amzad Hossain, 45.
The accident occurred around 5:30am on the road opposite the Azimpur Orphanage in Lalbagh.
Critically injured, he was taken to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead at around 7am. His son, Sakib Hossain, said their home is in Jainki village of Dohar upazila in Dhaka and they currently live in Tejkunipara in Farmgate.
He said his father left home on Thursday night with his rickshaw and the family learned about the accident through police early Friday.
They found him lying on the road in a bloodied condition and later took him to Dhaka Medical with police assistance.
Quoting police, Sakib said his father hit the road divider in front of the orphanage and fell onto the road, after which a speeding truck ran him over and fled.
Dhaka Medical Police Camp In-charge Inspector Md Faruk said the body has been kept at the morgue for post-mortem.
Lalbagh Police Station is investigating the incident, he added.
