A Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) official has died while undergoing treatment for injuries he sustained on Wednesday after a truck hit his motorcycle in Dhaka’s Shahabag area.
Maksudul Kaisar Royal, 45, a senior warrant officer at BAF, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital at around 7:15am on Thursday.
His children, Rozmi Jahan Rafa, 13, and Tanvir, 9, both students of BAF Shaheen School were also injured during the accident.
According to DMCH police outpost in-charge Bacchu Mia, the truck hit Maksudul’s motorcycle after crossing the Hanif Flyover.
He was on his way to drop off his children to school from their residence in Jatrabari.
Police rescued them and brought them to DMCH where Maksudul died on Thursday. His daughter Rafa is still on critical condition.
The body has been kept at the DMCH morgue for an autopsy.