A local leader of Jubo League was killed and two others injured when a truck rammed a jeep on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Bhuapur upazila on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Rasheduzzaman Jewel, 38, president of Rangpur district unit Jubo League and son of Moazzem Hossain of Munshipara in Rangpur district.
The accident took place when a cement-laden truck hit a jeep on the highway, leaving three people injured, said Mosharraf Hossain, officer-in-charge of Bangabandhu East Police Station, reports UNB.
Later, they were taken to Tangail General Hospital where the doctors declared Jewel dead.