A child named Simon (5) was killed after being hit by a Digant Paribahan bus in Akhaura Upazila of Brahmanbaria.
The accident took place at Chhatura Sharif area of the upazila on the Comilla-Sylhet Highway around 11 am on Monday.
The deceased is the son of Yunus Mia of Uttar Para of Chhatura Sharif village of Simon Upazila.
Khantihata Highway Police Sub-Inspector (SI) Salahuddin Mollah said that Simon was standing on the roadside near the house in that morning.
Meanwhile, a Digant Paribahan bus traveling from Kasbar Kuti to Kautli in Brahmanbaria hit the child and he died on the spot.
He also said that after receiving the information, the police seized the killer bus and took it to the police station.
The body was sent to the district headquarter hospital morgue for post-mortem.