A man and his son were killed after a pick-up van hit them on the Chandpur-Comilla regional highway at Balakhal Bazar in Hajiganj on Friday night.
The deceased were identified as Zillur Rahman, 46, and son Bayezid, 8, hailing from Srinagar village in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district.
The accident occurred around 9 pm when they were crossing the road in Balakhal Bazar and the pick-up hit them, leaving father and son dead on the spot, said Jobayer Syed, officer-in-charge of Hajiganj Police Station.
They were rushed to the Upazila Health Complex where on-duty doctors declared them dead after the examination.
Police seized the pickup. However, the driver managed to flee, he added.
The bodies have been kept in the Upazila Health Complex. The legal process will be taken in this regard, the OC added.
Source: United News of Bangladesh