Another journalist killed in Dhaka road accident

Another journalist was killed in a road accident in the capital early Saturday.

Deceased Emdad Hossain, 60, worked with Daily Sangbad as a proofreader for a long.

Witnesses said a speeding truck rammed into a motorcycle in College Gate area on Mirpur road around 2:30 am, leaving its rider injured.

Being informed, police rushed him to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital where the on-duty doctors declared him dead.

Emdad's young brother Selim said a truck hit his brother's motorcycle from behind in front of Muktijoddha Tower when he was returning home from his office.

About this, Mohammadpur Police Station officer in-charge Abdul Latif told Jago News that they were trying to trace the killer truck.

Earlier, a garbage vehicle of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) ran over media worker Md Ahsan Kabir Khan at Pantapath intersection recently, leaving him dead.

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