Benapole, Oct 1 (UNB) – A young man was killed and another injured as a tree branch fell on them in Navaran Bazar area on Benapole-Jashore road on Sunday night.
The deceased was identified as Nur Hossain, 22, son of late Kadar Ali of Kashiadanga in Sharsha upazila.
Sergeant Politon Miah, in-charge of Navaran Highway Police camp, said a branch of the 100-year-old tree broke down and fell on the two youths around 9:30 pm while they were going through the road riding a motorcycle, leaving them injured.
Locals took the duo to Jessore General Hospital where Nur was declared dead, he said.