Staff Reporter :
A pedestrian named Mahbubur Talukder (45) died after fall of brick from a block of a metro rail line under construction in Mirpur.
Five more people were injured in the incident. The injured have been treated in a city hospital.
The incident took place around 12 noon on Monday.
Parvez Islam, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Pallabi Police Station confirmed the matter to the media saying that “Mahbubur was killed when a block of bricks from the wall located above Pillar No 203 in Mirpur’s metrorail construction site collapsed and struck him.”
The body has been sent to the morgue of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital for an autopsy.
When asked about the condition of the injured, the officer said that they are currently out of danger, the OC added.
