A motorcyclist was killed and another was injured after a truck hit their vehicle in Kajla of Jatrabari area in the capital early Monday.
The deceased was identified as Ilius Bhuiyan, 45, son of Abul Kashem of Sadekpur village in Brahmanbaria Sadar upazila. The injured was identified as Ilius Mia, 45.
Jatrabari police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mazharul Islam confirmed the matter, saying the accident took place in the area after 12am as the truck hit the vehicle, leaving the duo critically injured.
They were taken to DMCH where doctors pronounced Ilius dead.
Accidents on roads, railways and waterways killed at least 553 people and injured 669 others last month, according to passengers’ welfare body Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity.
