Three people, including a child, have been killed in three separate accidents in Dhaka’s Farmgate, Jatrabari and Kalshi areas.
Two of the accidents occurred on Friday night, while the third took place on Saturday, reports bdnews24.com.
A three-year-old boy named Sayem was run over and killed by a pickup truck in the Kalshi area around 7:30 am on Saturday, said Pallabi Police OC Parvez Islam.
The accident occurred next to a 22-storey garment factory, near where the child’s family lived.
Sayem was with his father, who was butchering a chicken, when he ran out into the road and was struck by the pickup.
He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
Police have seized the pickup, but the driver has fled.
In a separate accident, motorcycle passengers Shaheedul Islam Nirob, 32, and Afzal Hossain, 30, were seriously injured when they were struck by a passenger bus on Friday night, said Tejgaon Police OC Salahuddin Miah.
They were rescued and sent to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared Nirob dead.
Nirob was a cricketer and hailed from Keraniganj’s Atibazar area, the OC said.