A Jubo Dal activist died, and another has been injured after a truck hit the motorcycle they were riding in Rajshahi's Paba upazila.
The incident occurred on Monday evening at Ramchandrapur Bazaar in the upazila.
The deceased was Jubo Dal activist Shahjahan Ali, 45, of Haripara village in the district's Durgapur upazila, and the injured was Shafikul, 46.
According to locals, the accident happened when a truck hit the motorcycle that Shafikul and Shahjahan were riding as they were returning home after attending a district Jubo Dal meeting in Tero Khadia, Rajshahi.
The victims were later rescued and taken to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, but Shahjahan succumbed to his injuries around 10:30 pm while undergoing treatment.
Mahbubur Rahman, president of the Durgapur Zhaluka Union Jubo Dal, said, “We had come to Rajshahi city to attend the district Jubo Dal meeting. On our way back, Shahjahan Ali was killed in a road accident.”