Students protest at the university gate for the third day, causing traffic to halt on the road
The incident took place on the Jashore-Benapole Highway in Amrakhali on Wednesday, said Rafique Uddin, sub-inspector of Navaron Highway Police Station.
The dead was identified as Shahadat Hossain Nedu, 50, a resident of the upazila’s Namajgram village. He was the owner of Shahadat Transport Agency at the Benapole port.
Police seized the bus but the driver and his assistant managed to escape, he added.