A 36-year-old Air Force member was killed as an unidentified vehicle hit a covered van carrying him in Shibrampur area of Faridpur Sadar upazila in the early hours of Monday, police said.
The deceased was identified as Mohammad Abul Bashar , hailing from Kakra village of Asashuni upazila of Satkhira district. He worked as a sergeant of the Air Force.
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The accident occurred on Dhaka-Khulna highway around 4 am as the covered van collided with an unidentified vehicle, leaving sergeant Bashar dead on the spot, said Kankon Kumar Biswas, officer-in-charge of Karimpur Highway Police Station.
Family sources said Bashar was bringing household goods from Dhaka in the covered van.
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Police recovered the body and sent it to Faridpur Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.
The covered van was seized.