A member of Bangladesh Army was killed and 21 others were injured in a road accident near Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital in the capital on Thursday.
Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a release said the accident took place in the morning when a truck carrying the army personnel towards Jazira from the Savar Cantonment.
The truck overturned when it was trying to save a bicyclist, leaving the soldier dead on the spot, he added.
The injured are undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka.
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