A day labourer, who was asleep on a stone-laden truck, fell off the vehicle and was crushed under its wheel in Dhaka's Badda area early today. The deceased was identified as Yead Ali, 30, a labourer from Sherpur district.
The incident took place around 4:30am near Krishi Bank Road in East Badda area.
Sub-inspector Rasel Parvez of Badda Police Station said the man was sleeping on top of the stones when the truck arrived in the area.
The driver abruptly applied the break, causing Yead to fall off. He was run over by the truck and died on the spot, SI Rasel said quoting another worker of the truck.
Locals then caught the driver and another worker and handed them over to police.
On information, police recovered the body around 6:00am and sent it to Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.
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