Accident Kills 1
Dhaka-Ctg highway blocked
Dhaka-Chittagong highway was blocked for two hours following death of a local in road accident at Lolati in Sonargaon early yesterday.
Mojibur Rahman, 55, son of Abbas Ali of Lolati village at Kanchpur in Sonargaon, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital after admission.
Police said an auto-rickshaw hit and seriously injured Mojibur when he was crossing highway at Lolati on Friday afternoon.
Angered at his death, local people blocked Asian Highway for two hours, putting barricades at several points from Madanpur to Araihajar creating heavy traffic jam on both sides of the highway.
The blockade was withdrawn at 11:00am following assurance made by deputy commissioner that a pedestrian overpass would be built on the highway at Lolati soon.
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