Rider killed after bus rams motorcycle in Dhaka

A motorcycle rider has died after his vehicle was rammed by a bus in Dhaka’s Shewrapara.

Senior Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 25 March 2019, 07:31 AM
Updated : 25 March 2019, 07:42 AM

The accident occurred in front of the Modern Wood Furniture store in West Shewrapara around 10:15 am on Monday, said Mirpur Police OC Dadan Fakir.

The victim has been identified as Nurul Islam Shanto. He was a motor mechanic by trade and lived in the Mogbazar area.

According to the OC, Shanto was thrown from his motorcycle and critically injured when a Tetulia Paribahan bus rammed it from behind.

He was recovered and taken to the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation, popularly known as Pongu Hospital in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, where doctors on duty declared him dead.

Police seized the bus and detained the driver, identified as Saiful, following the accident.