A trucker has been killed when a goods-laden truck hit him in Majirghat area under Sadarghat police station in Chittagong.
The deceased was identified as Md Mizan, 37, said Sadarghat police station sources.
Marzina Akhtar, Officer-in-Charge (OC) (investigation) of Sadarghat police station said the incident took place at Mazirghat Narikel Tala area at around 10:30am on Monday.
During the accident Mizan handed over the steering to his helper to park it aside and got down from the vehicle while the truck hit him, leaving critically injured, said the OC.
The on duty doctors declared him dead after whisked the driver off at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH), said the OC. Soon after the incident the helper managed to flee from the spot.