A motorcyclist was killed early Monday (May 18) being crashed by a cargo truck at Jahangir Gate area in the capital. The accident happened at about 1:00am.
Police said the victim Zakaria hailed from Thakurgaon district. He lived at Hemayetpur in the capital.
Witnesses said the slain motorcyclist was heading toward Bijoy Sarani from Mohakhali at night. When he reached near Jahangir Gate, a speeding cargo truck rammed them and the motorcyclist with his motorbike fell under the rear wheel of the truck, leaving a side of his body badly bruised.
Rescuing him, the pedestrians sent him to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital where an on-duty doctor pronounced him dead.
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