Covered van driver dies in accident on road

A covered van driver died after a container had fallen on the vehicle from a lorry on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Chattogram yesterday.

The lorry carrying the container fled the scene after police had chased it in Chhoto Kumira area of Sitakunda upazila, said police.

Nur Hossain Royal, 30, who was from Noakhali, died instantly, they said.

They are investigating how the container fell onto the van, said Abu Abdullah, in-charge of Kumira Highway Police Outpost.