Woman killed after being run over by DNCC-hired garbage truck in Korail
The truck was hired by DNCC from a contractor under an outsourcing arrangement, says a city corporation official.
A 50-year-old woman was killed after being run over by a garbage truck hired by the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) near T&T Field in the Beltola area of Korail in the capital yesterday (22 September).
The deceased was identified as Dulali. According to police, she was hit by the truck around 5pm near a garbage dumping point in the Korail slum.
She was rescued and taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared her dead.
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Confirming the matter to The Business Standard (TBS), Banani Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mohammad Faridul Islam said, "The vehicle has been seized, but the driver fled the scene. A case of unnatural death is being filed."
DNCC Public Relations Officer Zakir Hossain told TBS that the vehicle was not owned by the city corporation but had been hired from a contractor under an outsourcing arrangement.
According to him, Dulali was searching for something behind the truck at the dumping point when the driver reversed the vehicle without noticing her, running her over.
