Voice 9, International Desk: In the Gazipur
district's Kapasia upazila, a truck accident involving a sand-filled drum claimed
the life of journalist Munjur Hossain Milon. Milon, the late Abdus Sayeed
Sheikh's son from Pabur village in Kapasia upazila, was confirmed dead. Milon
served as both the president of the Gazipur City Press Club and the daily
Bhorer Darpan's reporter in Gazipur.
He was struck by a drum truck carrying sand
while he was crossing the road near Kotbajalia Bazar on The Bhakwadi-Kapasia
Regional Road at about 10.15 a.m. on Friday, according to the police and
witnesses who were on the scene. They said Manzur Hossain Milon, who was on
board his motorcycle, was crushed by a sand-laden drum truck adjacent to Kot
Bajalia Bazar on the Vakodia-Kapasia regional highway. The truck was seized,
but its driver managed to escape.
The deceased body was sent to the morgue at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Medical
College Hospital in Gazipur, according to Kapasia Police Station OC AHM Lutfar
Kabir. Even though the ruthless vehicle was taken into custody, its driver
escaped right after the accident. Both the vehicle's driver and its owner would
face legal action.