Dhaka, April 29 -- A garment worker has been killed after being hit by a car while standing beside a highway in Gazipur.

The out-of-control vehicle also smashed into a battery-run rickshaw, leaving three others, including the driver, injured.

The accident occurred outside a clothing factory in the Bhabanipur area of Gazipur Sadar on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway at 9:30pm on Tuesday, Salna Highway Police Station chief Shahabur Rahman said.

The victim, identified as Abdul Kuddus, worked as an assistant cutting man at the NAZ garment factory in Rajendrapur.

According to witnesses, Kuddus was waiting for transport on the western side of the road when a Maona-bound car careened off the tarmac and struck him, killing him instantly.

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