A 21-year-old youth was killed and another injured when a truck hit a motorbike on Rampura Wapda DIT Road in the capital on Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Pulok Gomez, a second year student of Martin Luther College and son of Bipin Gomez of Kaliganj upazila in Gazipur district. He used to live with his family in Norda in the city.
Quoting Pulok’s brother-in-law, Rony Rozario, Mehedi Hasan, sub-inspector of Hatirjheel Police Station, said Pulok along with his friend Zahed Hasan was heading towards Old Dhaka for having ‘biriani’ by a motorbike.
When the motorbike carrying them was crossing the Wapda DIT road, a speedy truck rammed it around 3:45 am, leaving them injured.
Later, they were taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital where doctors declared Pulok dead.