Man killed in hit-and-run

A man was killed and another injured by a hit-and-run driver in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur early yesterday.

Akhtar Mollah, 35, was travelling on a rickshaw-van on Dhaka-Barishal highway around 3:00am when he fell on the road and got run over and killed, said Toumur Islam, officer-in-charge of Bhanga Highway Police Station.

The rickshaw-van puller was hit by the vehicle and sustained injuries.

Police are trying to identify the vehicle, added the OC.