A septuagenarian man was killed after a bus and a truck collided on the Magura-Dhaka highway in Magura Sadar upazila on Sunday morning.
The deceased was identified as Abdul Kuddus, 75, a resident of Gopinathpur village in the upazila.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sadar Police Station Ashiqur Rahman said the bus-truck collision took place in front of the Primary Teachers Training Institute around 8:00am, causing both vehicles to lose control.
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At that time, Kuddus, who was standing by the road, was hit by the truck, leaving him critically injured.
Locals rushed him to Magura 250-bed Hospital where he was declared brought dead.