A 35-year-old man died after a bus collided with a pickup van on the Kaliganj-Jashore main road of Kaliganj upazila’s Amtola under Jhenaidah early on Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Nazrul Islam, a driver of the pickup van, from Keyapur village of Shariatpur Sadar upazila.
Sheikh Mamunur Rashid, officer of Kaliganj Fire Service Station, said the incident happened when the Jashore-bound "Fuljhuri-Shohag" bus collided with the pickup van, leaving Nazrul critically injured.
Later, Fire Service men rescued him and took him to Kaliganj Upazilla Health Complex, where doctors declared him dead.
Manjurul Alam, officer-in-charge of Barobazar Highway Police Station, said the bus is under police custody, but the driver fled the scene.
