A school student died when a Shohagh Paribahan bus hit on the Jashore-Benapole highway at Jashore's Jhikargachha upazila on Wednesday.
The incident happened in front of Rajnigandha Cold Store on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Faisal Ahmed, 16 of Godkhali Matbaria village of the upazila.
Shafiur, father of the deceased, said Faisal went to Benali in Jhikargachha upazila on a motorcycle for personal work in the afternoon. On the way home from there, he was hit by a bus of Shohagh Paribahan.
Locals rescued him and admitted him to Jashore General Hospital. He died on the way to Khulna Medical College Hospital for better treatment as his condition was critical, he said.
Confirming the incident, Officer-in-Charge of Navron Highway Police Station Abdullah Al Mamun said the killer bus was seized, but the driver, helper and supervisor of the bus fled.
Legal action is being taken in the matter, the police official said.