Minor killed in road crash in Dhaka

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A 10-year-old boy died after being hit by an unidentified bus in the capital’s Dholaipara area on Tuesday evening, reports UNB.

The deceased was identified as Yeas, a resident of Jurain Munshibari Shahadat Hossain road under Shyampur police station in the capital.

Md Sajal Miah, a pedestrian, said he found the boy in a critical condition after the bus hit him in front of Delta Hospital around 5.30pm.

Later, he rushed the boy to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where physicians declared him dead around 6.30pm.

Md Bachhu Mia, inspector of the DMCH police outpost, said the body has been kept at the morgue for autopsy.