Dhaka: A truck rammed into an auto-rickshaw just as it was getting out after refueling at a gas station in the city’s Shanirakhra area early Tuesday, killing the three-wheeler’s driver instantly.

The deceased was identified as Anwar Hossain, 45.

According to witnesses and police, when the auto-rickshaw was getting on the road from the roadside CNG station, a recklessly driven truck (Dhaka-Dha-14-0042) rammed it from behind, leaving its driver dead on the spot.

Jatrabari thana SI Motaled Hossain said on information, police rushed to the spot and seized the truck. “But its driver managed to flee.”

The body was sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue.

BDST 1630HRS.June01, 2010
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