Covered van crushes BRT worker to death in Gazipur-

FE Team | Published: April 04, 2024 22:48:49

A BRT worker was killed after being struck by a covered van on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur, report agencies.
The accident occurred at Joydebpur's Jagrata Chowrangi area around midnight on Thursday.
The dead is Lablu Mia (28).
Matiuzzaman, sub-inspector of Bason thana, said Lablu was working on a BRT project when a covered van hit him, killing him on the spot.
Police arrested Nazmul Haque, the driver of the covered van, after he tried to flee the scene following the accident.
A case was also filed against him with Bason thana.
According to Bason Police Station OC Abu Siddique, the body of the deceased has been sent to the Gazipur Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital morgue for an autopsy.
"The workers of the BRT project also vandalised the covered van after Lablu was hit. We later arrived at the scene and brought the situation under control," he added.