Jubo Dal leader killed in road accident

A Jubo Dal leader was killed in a road accident in Jashore yesterday.

Hasanul Kabir Reza, 36, joint convener of Jhikargacha municipality unit Jubo Dal, was hit by a lorry, said police.

Reza was going to Jhikargachha Bazaar by a rickshaw van. As it was plying on Jashore-Benapole highway, a lorry hit it from behind, said locals.

Reza went under the wheels of the lorry and died on the spot, they added.

The body was handed over to his family members and the lorry was seized, said Mizanur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Navaran Highway Police.

The lorry driver, however, managed to flee. Police are trying to detain him, he added.