A 38-year-old restaurant manager who was on his way to work died after an oil tanker hit his motorbike in the city's Rampura area Friday morning.
The deceased was identified as Abu Naser, manager of a restaurant in the Gulshan area and son of Abu Taher from Eidgah Amin Bazar village in Noakhali.
"Naser was on his way to the eatery when the oil tanker coming from the opposite direction crashed into his motorcycle near Farazy Hospital," said Shahriar, a sub-inspector at Rampura police station.
He fell off the bike and was crushed under the wheels of the oil tanker, said SI Shahriar.
Naser was taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital where doctors declared him dead around 8:45am, he said.
Police seized the truck and arrested the driver along with his assistant, the officer added.
