Construction worker killed in Gulshan road crash

A construction worker was killed after being hit by a car at the Baridhara Diplomatic Zone in the capital’s Gulshan area on Tuesday afternoon.

The deceased, Mehedi Hasan Mim, 22, hailed from Sonaray village in Domar upazila of Nilphamari.

According to police and eyewitnesses, a Proton car (Dhaka Metro Ga-18-6676) hit Mehedi in front of House No 14 on Road No 1 at the Baridhara Diplomatic Zone around 5pm, leaving him dead on the spot.

They said the vehicle was being driven at a reckless speed. 

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Deputy Commissioner (Gulshan traffic zone) Ziaur Rahman said police reached the scene after receiving the news and seized the car.

“Although its driver, Mohammad Akash, fled the scene, drives were underway to arrest him.”  

Another teenager, who was in the car, has been kept in police custody for questioning, the official said.

“The body is still at the police station. We are trying to contact his family,” he said.