College teacher killed in road crash

A college teacher was killed after being hit by a bus in Sadar upazila of Bogura district on Wednesday morning.

The deceased was Hafizur Rahman, 50, a resident of Dhunat upazila of the district. He was a teacher at Ghoraghat Government College in Dinajpur district

Police said a Rangpur-bound bus hit Hafizur while he was crossing road in Jhopgari area on the Bogura-Rangpur highway around 10 :30 am. He died on the spot.

Bogura Sadar Police Station sub-inspector (SI) Afzal Hossain confirmed the matter.

Police seized the bus but the driver and his helper managed to flee the scene, the SI said.