A 38-year-old cop died while another person riding pillion on his bike was injured after being hit by a speeding bus in Rupsha upazila of Khulna district on Monday night, police said. The deceased was identified as Nasim Uddin, an assistant sub-inspector at Khulna city special branch and son of Abdul Wadud Mollah of Birat Kalbunia village in Khulna. The accident occurred around 7.45 pm on the Khulna-Mongla highway in the Ilaipur Mor area of the upazila. Read: 55-yr-old Hindu woman found dead in Kushtia "The Rupsha-bound bus hit their bike, leaving them critically injured," said the officer-in-charge of Rupsha police station, Sarder Mosharrof Hossain. Locals rushed them to Khulna Medical College and Hospital and later Nasim was transferred to Khulna City Medical College and Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The injured, Shafiqul Islam, is now undergoing treatment at the hospital. On information, police rushed to the spot and took the motorcycle into custody. Though the bus has been seized, its driver and his assistant managed to flee, the OC said.

Four people were killed as a CNG auto rickshaw plunged into a ditch after being hit by a truck on the Khulna-Satkhira Highway at Dumuria upazila of Khulna on Friday. The deceased were identified as CNG driver Ilias Sardar, 45, son of Zakaria Sardar of Sharafpur in Dumuria, Reshma Khatun, 32, daughter of Mohiuddin of Rudaghara village. The identities of two others are yet to be known. Read: Two die in Naogaon road crash The accident occurred when a sand-laden truck hit the CNG on Khulna-Satkhira Highway near east Jilerdanga area around 2pm and then the CNG plunged into a roadside ditch. After four hours of frantic effort, the fire service recovered four bodies from the ditch at 6 pm. However, the CNG could not be recovered. Read: CMCH doctor dies from road crash injuries Obaidur Rahman, Officer-in-charge of Dumuria Police Station, said they detained the truck driver Rakib Sheikh over the accident.

A college teacher was killed after being hit by a speeding truck in the Zero Point area of Khulna city on Friday morning, police said.

Two bikers were crushed to death by a speeding truck on Khulna-Satkhira Highway on Friday morning, police said. 

Khulna, Sept 8 (UNB) - An officer of Brac Bank was killed in a road accident in Nijkhamar area of Khulna-Satkhira Highway on Sunday morning.