A vegetable trader was killed in a road accident on the Magura-Jhenaidah highway in Magura town early Friday.
The deceased was identified as Md Mohiuddin, 45, of Uttar Narayanpur village in Sadar upazila.
According to police and local sources, Mohiuddin went to Faridpur to sell vegetables. After selling them, he was returning home in his ‘nosimon’, a three-wheeled motorised vehicle.
A covered van coming from behind hit his vehicle in front of the District Police Lines shortly after 3:30am.
Mohiuddin was thrown onto the road by the impact, and the covered van ran over him, killing him on the spot.
On receiving the information, police recovered the body and sent it to the morgue of Magura 250-bed General Hospital for an autopsy, said Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Abdullah Al Amin.
Police were working to trace the vehicle involved in the accident and take legal action against its driver, he said.