College teacher killed in road crash

A college teacher was killed after being run over by a truck in Patkelghata on Satkhira-Khulna highway in Satkhira on Saturday morning, reports UNB.

The deceased is Jahanara Khatun, 38, wife of Shahadat Hossain of Tala's Nawapara area. She was a lecturer of biology at Patkelghata Harun-Ur-Rashid College.

Patkelghata police station's officer-in-charge Rezaul Islam said an oil-laden truck hit Jahanara near the Pallibidyut office, killing her on the spot.

The body was sent to sadar hospital for an autopsy, the OC added.

The truck driver has been arrested.