A 17-year-old boy died, another injured in a road accident in Meherpur's Gangni upazila on Wednesday evening.
The deceased was identified as Shipon Ali of Chitla village of the upazila, and his cousin Khokon, 23, said Officer-in-Charge Bani Israel of Gangni Police Station.
Shipon and Khokon were travelling from Gangni to Bamandir on a motorcycle near Olinagar. They lost control while trying to overtake a truck and Shipon was crushed under the truck's wheels on the Meherpur-Kushtia road around 6:30pm, said the OC.
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Khokon was rescued by locals.
Legal action will be taken following complaints from the victims' families, said the OC.