Bangladesh, Sept. 10 -- A man on his way home after learning of his father's death has been crushed under the wheels of a truck, dying on the spot.

The accident occurred around 9:30pm on Wednesday in front of the Jagrani Chakra Foundation in Swastipur in Alampur Union on the Kushtia-Jhenaidah highway, said Md Mahidul Islam, sub-inspector of the Chowrhas Highway Police.

The deceased, 45-year-old Nur Alam Ziku, was an employee of a private organisation. His body was handed over to relatives around 11:30am on Thursday after a postmortem.

Highway police said Ziku's father, Jasim Uddin, died on Wednesday afternoon. After receiving the news, Ziku left his workplace in Magura for home on a motorcycle with his brother-in-law.

On the way, Zik...