A cleaning worker of Dhaka North City Corporation was crushed to death by a bus in the city’s Badda area early yesterday.
The deceased was identified as Mahbub, 55, son of late Safiz Uddin Sarder of Jongalia village in Louhajang upazila of Munshiganj district. He had been residing at Adarshanagar of the Badda area.
Quoting witnesses, police said Mahbub was cleaning Badda-Gulshan Link Road in the early hours when the speedy bus crashed into him around 4am.
The bus sped away leaving the DNCC cleaning worker in a pool of blood.
He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead, said sub-inspector Nurul Islam of Badda police station. The body was sent to the hospital morgue for postmortem.
Meanwhile, at least five people were killed and nine others injured as a bus plunged into a ditch at Beltali on Mymensingh-Netrakona highway in Gouripur upazila yesterday afternoon.
Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately, reports UNB.
Abul Hossain, Assistant Director of Mymensingh Fire service said the Mymensingh-bound bus from Netrakona fell into a roadside ditch after its driver lost control over the steering around 1pm, leaving four people dead on the spot and 10 others injured.
The injured were rushed to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital where doctors declared an injured passenger dead.
Two people, including a schoolgirl, were killed as a bus hit a van carrying them at Badhalbazar in Kachua upazila in the morning.
The deceased were identified as Farzana, 13, a class VIII student of Balbardhapur High School and daughter of Alhaj Uddin Sheikh of Badhalbazar village, and van driver Al Amin, 22, of Daibokathi village of Morelganj upazila.
Police said M Abu Zihad Fakhrul Alam said the Barisal-bound BRTC bus from Khulna crashed into the van from behind on Bagerhat-Pirojpur Highway around 10am, leaving van passenger Farzana and its driver Al Amin dead on the spot.
On receiving information, police recovered the bodies and were preparing to take those to Bagerhat Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy.
Locals seized the bus but its driver and helper managed to flee the scene, added the OC.