Staff Reporter :
Two people were killed when a bus hit a rickshaw in the city’s Motijheel area at around 8 am on Wednesday.
The deceased were identified as Nur Jahan Begum, 55, an employee of an electronic goods marketing company and riskchawpuller Khokon Mia, 40.
Quoting family members of Nur Jahan and witnesses, police said Nur Jahan, hailed from Rangamati, was going to her Motijheel office by a rickshaw in the morning.
When she reached near Bangabhaban crossing at around 7:30 am, a bus of BTCL Paribahan rammed the rickshaw, leaving the rickshaw-puller dead on the spot and the passenger injured.
Nur Jahan succumbed to her injuries when she was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) at around 8:20 am. The bodies were kept at the DMCH morgue for postmortem.
