Rescue worker hit by truck on Bangabandhu Bridge dies

A rescue worker was killed as a truck hit him while he was removing a broken-down truck from Bangabandhu Bridge in Tangail early yesterday.

The deceased -- Abdul Kader (35) from the district's Bhuapur upazila -- was a member of a rescue team working for China Communication and Construction Company, the contractor firm entrusted with maintenance of the bridge, said police.

Kazi Aiyubur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Bangabandhu Bridge East Police Station, told The Daily Star that a truck suddenly broke down near pillar no. 30 of the bridge and Kader along with others were clearing the spot.

At that time, a mini truck hit him around 1:30am, he said. Kader was immediately taken to Tangail General Hospital from where he was referred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said the OC.

The worker died just after he had been taken to an ambulance, he added.

Ehsanul Haque Pavel, executive engineer of site office on the bridge, said the mini truck driver managed to flee. They were trying to identify it through CCTV footage, he added.