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Staff Reporter, Habiganj //

A pedestrian was killed in a bus accident in front of Chowdhury Filling Station in Shayestaganj Upazila of Habiganj district on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway.

The pedestrian was crushed to death by the wheels of a Unique Paribahan bus that left Dhaka for Sylhet at around 8 pm on Saturday (December 21).

The deceased has been identified as Azgar Ali (55), son of the late Aziz Box of Kathalputa village in Meherpur Sadar Upazila.

It is learnt that a Unique Paribahan bus bound for Sylhet that left Dhaka on Saturday reached Chowdhury Filling Station at 8:05 pm when the driver lost control. At that time, pedestrian Azgar was crushed by the wheels of the bus and died on the spot.

ATM Mahmudul Haque, Officer-in-Charge of Shayestaganj Highway Police Station, confirmed the truth of the matter. He said that after receiving the news of the incident, the police reached the spot, recovered the body of the deceased and sent it to the morgue for autopsy. He said that the car was seized, but the killer driver had fled.

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