1 killed, 3 injured in road crash

A bus-helper was killed after a truck ploughed into a crowd and fell  into a ditch at Bhaterchar New Road area in Munshiganj's Gazaria upazila  on Monday night.

The deceased was identified as Nasim, 18, a  resident of Haldia village in Munshiganj's Louhajang upazila. Besides,  three were also injured in the accident.

Firefighters had to go  through a frantic effort to rescue an injured person stuck under the  truck's wheel for two and a half hours.

The rescued person Mukul  Hossain, 40, is a resident of Rayer Bagh in Dhaka. The two other injured   -- Shahjahan, 32 and Md Mehedi Hasan, 28, -- were undergoing treatment  at different hospitals in the capital, as their condition was critical. 

Injured Mukul is a bus driver and Nasim was his helper. They  were waiting at the area to return home after doing maintenance work on  their bus.

The Dhaka-bound truck -- carrying rods -- lost control  and ploughed into a crowd at Bhaterchar on Dhaka-Chattogram highway  around 9.30pm on Monday, said ASM Rashedul Islam, in-charge of  Bhaterchar Highway Police Station.

After hitting four people, the vehicle fell into a ditch beside the road, said the officer.

Locals  found Mukul stuck under the wheel and sent the other injured to Gazaria  Health Complex, where on-duty doctors declared Nasim dead, said  Rashedul.

Upon receiving information, firefighters from Gazaria fire service sub-station reached the spot, said locals.

Two  units of the fire service rescued Mukul at midnight after two and a  half hours and sent him to the hospital, said Officer Ali Azgar of the  sub-station.

Police seized the truck but the truck driver and his assistant managed to escape, said Rashedul.