Two people, including a rickshaw puller, were killed when a truck hit a rickshaw at Mirhajirbagh in the Jatrabari area of the capital this morning (4 April).
The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
The accident occurred around 2:30am. When the speeding truck hit the rickshaw carrying a passenger, leaving both the passenger and the rickshaw puller injured, said Inspector Md Faruk, in charge of the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) police camp.
They were later taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, where doctors declared them dead.
Police arrested the truck driver and seized the vehicle.
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