DNCC garbage truck kills youth

Road accidentProthom Alo illustration

A youth was killed when a garbage-laden truck of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) ran over him in the capital.

The accident took place in front of the Police Staff College at Mirpur-14 around 5:15pm on Wednesday.

The deceased is Sabbir Ahmed, 22.

Kafrul police station sub-inspector (SI) Vaskar Roy told Prothom Alo that the vehicle knocked the biker down while he was taking U-turn.

Critically injured Sabbir Ahmed was taken to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital for treatment.

Later, he succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment there. Primarily, it is learnt that Sabbir is a student.

Truck driver Abdus Salam, 50, has been detained, the SI confirmed.