RMG worker killed in Savar road crash

A RMG worker was killed and another injured as a pick-up van hit a motorcycle in Savar municipal area on Monday morning, UNB reports.

The deceased was identified as Jahangir Alam, 35, son of Abul Kashem Sadhu.

Saiful Islam, officer-in-charge of Savar Model Police Station, said the accident took place when the vehicle hit the motorcycle travelling by three RMG workers near Kalma bus stand, leaving two of them critically injured. Later, Jahangir died on the way to hospital, said the OC.

They were on their way to the factory.

On information, police recovered the body.

According to Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, a passengers’ welfare body, accidents on roads, railways and waterways in Bangladesh killed at least 553 people and injured 669 in August this year alone.