Young motorcyclist killed after being run over by reckless truck in Maheshpur

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A motorcyclist named Rion Hossain, 22, was killed after being run over by a reckless truck in Maheshpur of Jhenaidah. His friend Nafiz, who was with him, was seriously injured in the incident. The accident took place in the Katakhali area of the upazila around 12:30am on Tuesday night.

The deceased, Rion Hossain, was the son of Rezaul Islam Montu of Krishnachandrapur village in Maheshpur upazila.

According to police and the victim’s family, Rion went to Kaliganj on a motorcycle with his friend Nafiz on Tuesday evening to buy a mobile phone. On the way home at night after shopping, when they reached the Katakhali area, a speeding unidentified truck ran over their motorcycle from behind and fled. Rion died on the spot.

Later, locals rescued the seriously injured Nafiz and took him to Maheshpur Upazila Health Complex.

Maheshpur Police Station OC Azad Rahman said police went to the spot on receiving the news and recovered the body of the deceased. A police drive is under way to identify the killer truck and detain its driver.