Two garment workers killed in road accidents in Savar

Two garment workers were killed in two separate road accidents in Savar on Sunday.

Mehedi Hasan Parvez, an administrative officer at YP Ashulia, died after the microbus he was on got crushed between a road divider and a covered van on the Dhaka-Aricha highway.

Two others onboard the microbus were injured in the incident. 

Inspector Atiqur Rahman of Savar highway police station said the injured were rushed to Enam Medical College and Hospital. 

Legal action will be taken should Mehedi’s family choose to file a complaint, he added.

Meanwhile, Russell Sheikh, 35, a garment worker riding a motorcycle, was run over and killed by a covered van in Ashulia.

Ashulia police station Sub-Inspector (SI) Subrata Roy said Russell was on his way to his workplace called Gorgeous Dresses in Dhamrai from his rented house in Yarpur around 8:30am when his motorcycle was run over by the speeding van. 

Legal action will be taken against the perpetrator on the basis of the complaint from the family of the deceased, he added.