Motorcycle hits unidentified vehicle from behind on Dhaka-Chattogram highway, one killed
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A youth named Akramul Islam Rahi (16) has been killed at Gazaria in Munshiganj after his speeding motorcycle hit an unidentified vehicle from behind on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway. Another youth named Abu Bakkar (20), who was on the same motorcycle, was seriously injured.
The accident took place at about 4:30pm on Wednesday (21 October) on the Cumilla-bound lane of the highway on the Char Bausia Barakandi bridge in the upazila.
Akramul Islam, who died, was the son of the late Helal Uddin Sikder of Sundarpur village in Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla. The injured Abu Bakkar is the son of Matin Khan of the same village.
It was learnt from local residents and police sources that Akramul was riding the motorcycle at high speed on the Cumilla-bound lane on Wednesday afternoon. At that time, when the motorcycle hit an unidentified vehicle ahead of it from behind, he died on the spot. The seriously injured Abu Bakkar was rescued and taken to Gazaria Upazila Health Complex, and after primary treatment he was sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for better treatment.
Gazaria highway police station said an application has been made on the basis of no objection from the family of the deceased to take the body home without an autopsy. The process of taking legal steps in this regard is under way.
The numbers
According to figures of the Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, 9,111 people lost their lives and 14,812 were injured in 6,729 road accidents in the country in 2025. Of these, motorcycle accidents numbered 2,493, that is 37.04 per cent of the total accidents, and 2,983 people were killed in them – Dhaka Times 24 reported this on 4 January 2026.
By the same count, compared with 2024, accidents rose by 6.94 per cent in 2025, deaths by 5.79 per cent and the number of injured by 14.87 per cent.
The district picture
According to the Population and Housing Census 2022, the population of Munshiganj district is 1,625,416; the census was held on 14 June 2022.
