Man killed in capital road crash

A trader was killed and another injured when a rickshaw-van overturned on a road in front of Padma Diagnostic Centre in the capital’s Kathalbagan area early Sunday, reports UNB.

The deceased was identified as Abdul Aziz, 35, from Jashore district.

The accident occurred around 12:45am when the rickshaw-van, carrying two passengers, skidded off the road as the driver tried to save a cat while going to Karwan Bazar, leaving two people injured, said Mohammad Abdul Khan, an assistant sub-inspector at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) police outpost.

They were taken to the DMCH where physicians declared Aziz dead.

The injured trader and rickshaw-van-puller received first aid at the hospital.