A youth was killed while three others were injured in a road accident on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway at Sitakunda upazila in Chittagong yesterday morning.
The deceased is identified as Md Shamim, 27, son of Chan Mia, resident of Chowdhury Bari of the Banglabazar area of the upazila, said police.
Sohel Imtiaz, officer-in-charge of Baro Awlia highway police outpost, said the driver of a speeding Chittagong-bound truck, lost control and ran over Shamim, along with three other pedestrians, who were standing on the side of the highway around 9am.
The injured were rushed to Chittagong Medical College Hospital where on duty doctors declared Shamin dead.
Of the three injured two were receiving treatment at CMCH.
Police seized the bus while its driver and assistant managed to flee the scene soon after accident.
