A magistrate was killed and another injured in a road accident on the Chittagong-Dhaka Highway at Sitakunda upazila yesterday.

Md. Mozammel Haq, 35, land acquisition officer (LAO), was returning to the city along with his colleague AKM Nurul Amin Sarker in a microbus on completion of duty at the Union Parishad election at Mirersarai upazila held Saturday.

Sources said the accident occurred at around 12:30am near Kashem Jute Mills at Sitakunda. The driver of the microbus lost control and it rammed into an immobile truck. Mozammel died on the spot while magistrate Nurul Amin was admitted to the Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH).

The namaj-e-janaza of Mozammel was held at the Circuit House premises in the morning. Later his body was sent to his home at Singaboruna under Sreebardi upazila of Sherpur district.