2 killed in Dhaka road crash

Two persons were killed in a road accident involving a covered van and a rickshaw in Dhaka’s Jatrabari this evening.

The incident took place around 8:00pm at Dholpur intersection of Jatrabari when the covered van hit the rickshaw coming from the opposite direction, police said.

Two pedestrians were killed in the incident. Of them, one Kamal Hossain, 40, died on the spot while the other, whose identity could not be known immediately, succumbed to his injuries after he was rushed to Mugda General Hospital, said Kazi Wazed Ali, officer-in-charge of Jatrabari Police Station.

The rickshaw driver and passenger also sustained injuries in the accident.

Police seized the covered van ad detained its driver and helper, the OC added.