Banker killed as rickshaw crushed in bus-truck collision

A man was killed and another injured when a battery-run rickshaw was crushed following a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Dhaka’s Paltan area early yesterday.
The deceased, identified as Jakir Hossain, was a manager (operations) at Mercantile Bank’s Kankirhat Branch in Noakhali’s Senbagh, said Md Arifullah, a sub-inspector of Paltan Police Station.
The identity of the rickshaw driver was not confirmed immediately.
Quoting witnesses, the SI said that the accident occurred around 5:00am when a bus of Unique Paribahan and an onion-laden truck collided head-on, causing both vehicles to swerve aside. The rickshaw was crushed between the two vehicles during the collision, SI Arifullah said.
Jakir, the passenger, died on the spot, while the rickshaw driver suffered critical injuries and was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
“Jakir Hossain used to go to his house in Dhaka after office on almost every Thursday. After passing two weekends with family, he returned to his branch on Sunday morning,” said ASM Mohiuddin, manager of Mercantile Bank’s Kankirhat Branch, told The Daily Star.
“He met the accident on his way to office in the morning,” he said.
Police seized both the vehicles, but the drivers fled the scene, the SI added.