A 28-year-old motorcyclist was killed after an oil tanker belonging to Asia Pump hit his motorcycle in the capital’s Khilkhet area on Wednesday morning.
The accident occurred around 10am near the Khilkhet police box, said Habibur Rahman, an inspector at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) police outpost.
Selim, who was riding the motorcycle with the victim, Tausif, said the tanker struck them from behind, leaving Tausif critically injured.
Passersby and Selim rescued him and took him to Kurmitola General Hospital. He was later transferred to DMCH Hospital, where doctors declared him dead at 12:55pm.
Habibur Rahman said the body has been kept in the hospital morgue.
