A college student was killed on Thursday in a head-on collision between a motorcycle and a microbus in Maijhati area of Pakundia Upazila in Kishoreganj.
The incident occurred around noon on the Kishoreganj-Bhairab highway. Kotiyadi Highway Police Outpost in-charge Md. Khurshed Alam confirmed the matter.
The deceased, Arian Sabbir, was the son of Ali Hossain of Maijhati village in Pakundia. He was a student of the 11th grade at Wali Nawaaz Khan College in Kishoreganj.
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According to police, Sabbir was riding his motorcycle home from Kaliachapra Bazar when his vehicle collided head-on with a microbus coming from the opposite direction near Babar Ali Market in Maijhati. The collision left the college student critically injured.
He was rushed to Kotiyadi Upazila Health Complex in a critical condition, where the attending doctors pronounced him dead upon arrival. Farzana Bobby Akter, duty doctor at the emergency department, said he had died before reaching the hospital.
The Kotiyadi Highway Police said preparations are underway to file a case in connection with the accident.