Truck crushes two auto-rickshaw drivers waiting for passengers at Postogola
Photo: Collected
Two auto-rickshaw drivers were killed when a truck lost control, ran over two auto-rickshaws and mounted the footpath at Postogola in the capital’s Kadamtali. One more person was injured in the incident.
The accident happened at around 3am on Thursday. The two dead are Md Jahangir Poddar, 40, and Md Zakir Hossain, 50.
They were rescued injured and first taken to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). The doctor on duty declared Jahangir Poddar dead there. Zakir Hossain also died a little later. The other person is undergoing treatment.
Both of the dead drove auto-rickshaws. They had been standing there waiting for passengers.
Zakir Hossain was the son of Jinnat Ali of Ajmiriganj upazila in Habiganj; he lived in the Pakar Matha area of Mohammadbagh in Kadamtali. Jahangir Poddar was the son of Shahalam Poddar of Patuakhali Sadar upazila; he lived in the Nama Shyampur area.
Kadamtali Police Station sub-inspector (SI) Md Jamal Hossain said the truck has been seized, but the driver fled; efforts are under way to arrest him. The bodies of the two have been kept at the DMCH morgue for autopsy.
By the numbers
According to the Road Safety Foundation, 416 people were killed in 458 road accidents across the country in July this year; the highest number of accidents that month, 133, took place in Dhaka division, claiming 125 lives — Ittefaq reported this on 6 August.
Sources
Original report: Bangladesh Pratidin
Background sources: Ittefaq, 6 August 2026
