Panchagarh: A local Awami League leader was killed and five others were injured as a bus hit his motorcycle on the Panchagarh‐Dhaka Highway in Helipad area of the Sadar upazila of Panchagarh on Tuesday evening.

The deceased is Robi Mahmud, vice‐president of district Awami League.

Witnesses said the passenger bus hit the motorcycle two AL vice‐presidents Robi and Kabir Uddin were riding on, leaving them critically injured.

The bus also plunged into a roadside ditch after hitting the motorbike which left four other passengers injured.

The injured were rushed to Rangpur Medical College Hospital where Robi succumbed to his injuries.