Dhaka: An employee of a buying house was killed when a lorry knocked him down in front of Shahzadpur Confidence Tower in the city’s Badda area on Wednesday night.

The deceased was identified as Jasson Aronga Ramsisu, 28, son of Kalyan Rongken of Bhatara area in the city, reports the UNB.

The accident took place around 11:00pm when a lorry hit him while he was standing beside the road, leaving him dead on the spot, said Sub-inspector Golam Mostafa of Gulshan Police Station.

On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for an autopsy.