A garment worker was killed and three others were injured when a speeding private car lost control and hit them in Gazipur on Tuesday night. The accident occurred around 9:30 p.m. in front of a garment factory at Bhabanipur area on the Dhaka–Mymensingh highway. The deceased, identified as Abdul Kuddus, worked as an assistant cutting man at the N A Jet garment factory in Rajendrapur. His full identity was not immediately known.

According to witnesses and police, Kuddus was waiting beside the road when the car, heading toward Maona intersection, veered off course and struck him, killing him on the spot. The car then hit a passenger autorickshaw, leaving the driver and three passengers injured. Locals rescued the injured and sent them to a hospital.

Salna Highway Police Station’s officer-in-charge Shahabur Rahman said police recovered the body and that locals detained the private car and handed it over to police, though the driver fled. Legal proceedings are underway.