A 62-year-old man died on Thursday after being hit by a Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) garbage truck in Dhaka’s Wari area.
The deceased was identified as Swapan Kumar Sarkar hails from Nabinagar, Brahmanbaria. He lived with his family in the Gandaria area of the capital.
The incident took place in front of Rajdhani Super Market around 7am, said Sub-inspector Ujjwal Hossain of Wari police.
He said the driver fled after the accident. Police are trying to identify him from CCTV footage.
“The body of the deceased, which is in the police station right now, will be sent to the hospital morgue after an inquest report,” the police officer added.
Earlier, Naeem Hasan, a student of Notre Dame College in Gulistan, was killed on November 24 by a garbage truck of the DSCC and Ahsan Kabir Khan, 45, was killed by a garbage truck of the DNCC at Panthapath on November 25.
Following these incidents, students started a movement demanding safe roads in the capital, proposing 11 points to the government.
Our DMCH correspondent Aminul Islam Babu provided inputs for this report