Two die in road accident on Mayor Hanif flyover in Dhaka

Two die in road accident on Mayor Hanif flyover in Dhaka

Two men died in a road accident on Mayor Mohammad Hanif flyover in Dhaka's Wari area early today.

The deceased were identified as Nasir Hossain Hawlader (38), a police informant, and Md Masum (30), a sand contractor, according to their family members.

The duo were lying in a pool of blood next to a motorcycle on the flyover around 3:00am. On information, police arrived and took them to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared them dead around 4:30am, said Mizanur Rahman, a sub-inspector of Wari Police Station.

Police suspected that a vehicle hit them or they lost control over the motorbike.

There is a "Police" sticker on the bike but they are not members of the force, he said.

The bodies were sent to hospital morgue for autopsy.

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