Two killed in Moghbazar road accident

Two motorcyclists were killed and several others injured after a covered van ran over them on Moghbazar Wireless Gate Road in Dhaka on Sunday night.

The accident occurred at around 11:30pm in the Moghbazar Wireless Gate area under Ramna Model Police Station.

The deceased were Zaman Ahmed, 42, son of Ilias Fakir, and Riyad Hossain, 22, son of Liaquat Fakir. Both were from Madhurgati Fakirpara village in Narail Sadar upazila.

One of the injured, Ripon, 40, from Galtali village in Louhajang upazila of Munshiganj, is undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. The identities of the other injured people could not be immediately ascertained.

According to pedestrians Harun-or-Rashid and Mohammad Anwar, who took the victims to hospital, the covered van lost control after coming down from the Mouchak-Malibagh flyover towards Moghbazar Wireless Road and hit several motorcycles and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw.

Several people, including Zaman, Riyad and pedestrian Ripon, were injured in the accident. They were rescued and taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), where doctors declared Zaman dead after examination. Riyad was admitted to the hospital but died while undergoing treatment.

The DMCH police outpost confirmed the deaths of the two men.

Zahedul Islam, deputy commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Ramna division, said the covered van was travelling towards Malibagh along Moghbazar Wireless Road after coming down from the Mouchak-Malibagh flyover when its driver lost control, causing the accident.