National Desk :
At least one person was killed in a Dhaka-Khulna highway road crash in Faridpur on Monday.
The deceased was identified as cloth trader Robin Sheikh (35), son of Moktar Sheikh of Kadirdi village under Boalmari upazila.
He used to trade cloth in Kadirdi Bazar of Boalmari Upazila.
It is learned that Robin Sheikh was going to his house Kadirdi on a motorcycle from Madhukhali upazila.
A speedy truck from the opposite direction crushed him in front of Madhukhali Municipal Eidgah on the highway.
Locals rushed him to Madhukhali Upazila Health Complex where the duty doctor declared him dead.
SI Abul Khair of Kanaipur Highway Police said the body was recovered and sent to the Faridpur Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.
The truck was seized but the driver and helper managed to escape, he added.
A case in this regard was under process.
