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A man and his son were killed after being hit by a vehicle on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in Gazipur’s Tongi area early Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Tapan Chandra Das, 50, and his son Likhan Chandra Das, 20. Their ancestral home is in Kaibartapara village of Dewanganj upazila in Jamalpur. They lived in the Gazipura area near No. 27 Chourasta under Tongi West Police Station in Gazipur city.
Tongi East Police Station Officer-in-Charge Maksudul Alam said, quoting eyewitnesses, that the father and son were seriously injured after being hit by a vehicle on the highway near Kutumbari Hotel, on the eastern side of the Gazipura BRT lane, early in the morning.
Police rushed to the scene and rescued them before taking them to Tongi Shaheed Ahsan Ullah Master General Hospital, where doctors declared Likhan dead.
Tapan was later referred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for advanced treatment, where he died at around 9:30am, the OC said.
The bodies have been kept in the hospitals’ morgues. They will be handed over to the family after the completion of legal formalities.