Sand-Laden Lorry Ploughs Into Shop in Gazipur's Kaliganj, Killing Masud Sarkar

A man named Masud Sarkar (45) has been killed after a speeding sand-laden lorry lost control and ploughed into a shop in Kaliganj, Gazipur.

The accident happened around 7 am on Thursday (November 5) at the Baktarpur Market area of Kaliganj upazila.

Masud Sarkar was a resident of Fuldi Dakshin Para (Bangalirtek) village under Baktarpur union of Kaliganj upazila. He was the son of Shamsul Sarkar of that village.

Eyewitnesses said Masud had left home for work on Thursday morning as usual. He was sitting on a bench in front of Moktazul's shop at Baktarpur Market.

At that time, a speeding sand-laden lorry coming from the Kaliganj direction lost control and drove into the shop. Masud, sitting in front of the shop, was seriously injured in the impact, suffering grave wounds to his head and other parts of his body.

Local people rescued Masud and took him to the Kaliganj Upazila Health Complex. After a preliminary examination, the doctor on duty referred him to the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (Pangu Hospital) in Dhaka for better treatment, considering his condition. He died while undergoing treatment after being taken there.

Raju, a local autorickshaw driver who witnessed the accident, said: 'I had gone to the shop to buy a nut for my autorickshaw's leaf spring. Masud uncle was sitting on a bench in front of the shop. Suddenly a speeding lorry hit him from behind. His waist was broken, flesh was torn from the side of his head and he suffered a severe blow to his chest.'

Shop employee Saidul Mollah said: 'I was working in the shop around 7 am. Masud bhai was a regular customer of our shop. He was sitting in front of the shop. Then a lorry ran over him from behind and entered the shop.'

Masud's colleague Atikul Pathan said: 'We had left for work in the morning. Suddenly I learned over the phone that an accident had happened in front of Moktazul uncle's shop at Baktarpur. I rushed there by tomtom. I saw a sand-laden lorry had gone inside the shop.'

Atikul Pathan added that he had heard from local people that the lorry driver was talking on a mobile phone at the time of the accident.

Kaliganj police station officer-in-charge (OC) Sajjad Karim Khan said: 'No written complaint has yet been received at the police station over this incident. If a complaint is filed, legal action will be taken subject to investigation.'