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Two people including a school student died in separate road accidents in Dhaka’s Mugda and Gendaria areas.
The accidents occurred on Thursday (25 April) night and early Friday.
The schoolboy was identified as Md Mahin Ahmed, 13, son of Masum Ahmed of Kishoreganj’s Bajitpur upazila but he used to live with his family in Mugda area.
The victim’s elder brother Mahfuz Ahmed said Mahim, a class seven student of Motijheel Government Ideal School, went out of the house to meet a friend on Thursday night.
A vehicle of Dhaka South City Corporation crashed into him while walking on the Mugda road around 9:30pm, leaving him critically injured, he said.
He was first rushed to Mugda General Hospital and later shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where he succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment, said the DMCH’s police outpost In-Charge Md Bachhu Mia.
In another incident an unidentified vehicle hit a woman while she was crossing the road in Padma Bridge Railing Project Ghonti Ghar area under Gendaria police station around 3am.
The impact of the accident left her critically injured, said pedestrians.
Later, she was taken to DMCH’s emergency department where she was declared dead, Bachhu Mia said.
The concerned police stations were informed about the road crashes, he added.
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