A five-year-old child named Md. Shifat Hawlader was killed after being hit by a shallow engine-driven vehicle known as Tomtom in Rajapur upazila of Jhalokati. The accident took place on Sunday afternoon in the cooperative housing area on the Rajapur-Bhandaria highway.
According to relatives, the child's mother had left him at his aunt's house in the morning to visit a doctor. In the afternoon, while playing outside with other children and crossing the highway, a speeding Tomtom heading towards Rajapur hit him, causing severe head injuries.
Locals rescued him and took him to the Rajapur Upazila Health Complex, where the on-duty doctor declared him dead. Rajapur Police Station OC Sujon Biswas stated that as there were no complaints from the family, the body was handed over to the relatives for burial without an autopsy.
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