Chuadanga, Dec. 5 -- year-old man was killed after being hit by a pickup van on his way to attend Juma prayers in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga on Friday.

The deceased was identified as Abul Kalam Azad, son of late Daud Pramanik of Nagarboalia village.

The accident occurred in front of Nagarboalia graveyard on the Hatboalia-Bhalaipur road, shortly before Juma prayers.

Family members and locals said he was heading to the village mosque by bicycle when the pickup van struck him from behind, leaving him critically injured.

He was rushed to Alamdanga Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared him dead upon arrival.

The pickup van fled the scene after the crash while police visited the spot shortly after the incident.

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