A motorcyclist was killed and his pillion rider was also injured as their motorbike hit a stationary truck in Mugda area of Dhaka on Thursday night.
The deceased Md Emon Khandaker, 42, was son of Tofazzal Khandaker at Kutipara village in Sadar upazila of Gaibandha.
The injured Faruk, 40, is undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital and hails from Barpa village of Rupganj of Narayanganj.
Both Emon and Faruk are truck drivers by profession.
Mosharraf Hossain, friend of Emon, the duo was heading towards Demra’s Konapara area by bike on Thursday night.
The bike accidently hit the stationary truck from behind in the Green Model Town area, leaving them critically injured, he said.
Later, they were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where Emon breathed his last while undergoing treatment around 10:30pm, he said, quoting DMCH’s police outpost in-charge Md Bachhu Miah.
The body was kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy and Faruk was undergoing treatment there, he added.