A worker was killed after being hit by a stone-laden truck in Tetulia upazila of Panchagarh on Tuesday night.
The deceased, Zahidul Islam, 45, was the son of the late Amer Ali of Dorgasing village.
He worked as a stone and sand loading laborer.
The accident took place on the highway in the Khoykhatpara area of Tirnaihat Union.
According to a police source, Zahidul was loading sand and stones onto a truck near the site.
After finishing, he stood on the road to signal as an assistant while the truck moved onto the highway.
At that point another fast-moving stone-laden truck from Banglabandha hit him, leaving him seriously injured.
He was taken to the Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared him dead.
2 killed in Panchagarh road crash
Debashish Roy, officer-in-charge of Tetulia Highway Police Station, said that locals caught the truck but the driver fled.
“Legal action regarding the accident is ongoing,” he added.