Noakhali road crash kills one

NOAKHALI, Feb 12 (BSS): A man was killed and another injured in a road accident on the Noakhali-Feni regional highway in Setu Bhanga West Bazar area under Begumganj upazila of the district on Monday.

The deceased was identified as Abu Noor Mohammad Masum, 38, son of Kamal Uddin, resident of Paschim Syedpur village of under Sadar upazila in Laxmipur.

The accident occurred when they were going to Feni by an ambulance. The ambulance stopped suddenly in the middle of the road, at the time a covered van behind hit the ambulance around 10:30am, leaving Noor Mohammad dead on the spot and another injured, Chandraganj Highway Police Sub-Inspector (SI) Noor Mohammad said.

After the incident, the covered van fled the scene, he added.