A former Union Parishad chairman was killed in a road accident on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Mirsarai upazila in Chittagong Friday morning.
The dead Anayet Ullah alias Shab Mia chairman, 70, was the former UP chairman of Sonapahar Union Parishad of Mirsarai upazila, said Sub-Inspector Farid Uddin, in-charge of Jorarganj highway police outpost.
SI Farid said a speedy truck, coming from Chittagong city, had hit Anayet and ran him over near Chinki Astana area under Jorargnaj municipality when he was crossing the road, leaving him critically injured.
He succumbed to his injuries on the way to the hospital, said the SI.
After the incident, police apprehended the truck at Feni and a case was being processed with Jorarganj police station in this regard, he added.