Man dies after bus hits him in Asad Gate
A man was killed after a bus hit him in Asad Gate area of Dhaka this morning.
Deceased Ashraf Uddin Dewan, 65, a resident of Kalyanpur in the capital, was an employee of Shuchona Developer Company.
Victim’s daughter Tania Akter said Ashraf Uddin went out of home for office in the morning. “After few moments, we came to know about the accident and were also informed that he was taken to Shaheed Suhrawardi Hospital,” she said.
The family members found him at Suhrawardi Hospital in critical condition. Later, he was shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead, the daughter said.
Sujan Biswas, a sub-inspector of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station, said Ashraf Uddin was hit by a bus of Projapati Paribahan when he was crossing the road around 9:30am.
Police seized the bus but the driver managed to flee the scene.
Ashraf Uddin hailed from Khalpar village in Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj.
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