A motorcycle rider was killed after being hit by a truck on the Chatkhil-Dhaka regional highway in front of Masi Bepari's house of Bhimpur area under Chatkhil upazila of the district Thursday night.
The deceased was identified as Arif Hossain, 20, son of Mohammad Ali, a resident of Hirapur village in Badalkot union of the upazila.
The accident occurred in the area when Arif was returning home from Chatkhil Bazar riding on the motorcycle, on the way a Ramganj-bound truck coming from the opposite direction hit him around 9:45pm, leaving him dead on the spot, officer-in-charge (OC) of Chatkhil Police Station Muhammad Emdadul Haque said.
