A Correspondent:
Cumilla: A couple was killed after an unidentified vehicle ran them over while they were walking along the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla early Tuesday.
The deceased were identified as Nazrul Islam, 62,from Jinglatali village in the upazila, and his wife Jharna Begum, 48.
According to locals, the couple had left their home in Jinglatali village after offering Fazr prayers and were walking along one side of the highway for their morning walk when an unidentified vehicle hit them around 7am near Haripur Mosque and fled.
About an hour later, other pedestrians spotted them and took them to Gouripur Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared them dead.
Their bodies were later handed over to their family members.
Officer-in-Charge of Daudkandi Highway Police Station Officer-in-Charge Prem Lal Das said police would examine CCTV footage along the highway to see whether the vehicle involved could be identi-fied.
