A motorcyclist was killed in a head-on collision with a battery-run auto-rickshaw on the Joypurhat-Akkelpur regional highway in Joypurhat municipal town on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Bikash Chandra Karmakar, 34, son of Bablu Karmakar of Telihata Karmakar Para under Gabtali upazila in Bogura district.
According to police and locals, the accident occurred around 2:00pm on Thursday at the Natunhat Korai Factory intersection on the Joypurhat-Akkelpur regional highway.
Bikash was traveling from his village in Gabtali, Bogura, to Joypurhat to visit his brother-in-law. Before reaching the town, his motorcycle collided head-on with an oncoming battery-run auto-rickshaw, killing him on the spot.
Following the collision, the auto-rickshaw driver fled the scene with his vehicle, preventing immediate detention, police said.
Police and Fire Service personnel recovered the body and sent it to the 400-bed Joypurhat General Hospital morgue for an autopsy.
Joypurhat Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Nur Alam, said no written complaint has been filed yet. Legal action will be taken upon receiving a formal complaint, he added.