Faridpur Correspondent:

A man was killed and another injured in a road accident in Sankhali area under Madhukhali upazila of the district on Monday.

The deceased was Abdul Matin, 32, a resident of Sreepur upazila in Magura district.

The accident took place on the Dhaka-Khulna highway when a motorcycle hit a standing lorrey around 8 am, leaving its rider Matin dead on the spot and injuring its pillion, said Md. Salauddin Chowdhury, officer-in-charge (OC) of Karimpur Highway Police Station.

The injured was sent to Dhaka in critical condition.