A man was killed in a road accident while saving a child by pushing him out of path of an oncoming ambulance on Navaran-Satkhira highway at Satmail under Sharsha upazila in Jashore on Friday.
The deceased was identified as Hussain Ali, 40, son of Lutfor Ali, a resident of the area and a businessman by profession.
The victim’s brother Zahidul as quoted by UNB news agency as saying that the accident took place at noon when his brother was trying to save a child from being hit by a speeding ambulance but sustained injuries.
Locals took him to a nearby clinic from where he was transferred to Jashore General Hospital as his condition deteriorated, but succumbed to his injuries at around 05:10 pm, said Dr Rahitosh Das, a physician of the hospital.
