, Feb. 8 -- year-old man was killed and another one injured when a covered van hit a stationary truck from behind on Dinajpur-Gobindaganj regional highway in Ghoraghat upazila of Dinajpur district on Sunday.

The deceased was identified as Al Amin, 40, a helper of a covered van.

The accident occurred in the morning when the date palm-loaded covered van hit the stationary truck from behind as its driver lost control over steering, leaving two people injured, said Inspector of Ghoraghat Police Station, Shahidul Islam.

On information, a firefighting unit rushed to the spot and took the injured to Ghoraghat Upazila Health Complex where the doctors declared one dead.

Police seized the covered van and the truck.

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