A teenage schoolboy was killed and his friend was slightly injured on Saturday morning when the motorcycle he was riding lost control and crashed into a roadside tree in Lohagara upazila of Narail.
The accident occurred around 9:00am at a bend east of Brahmanbanga Government Primary School along the Noldi-Lohagara regional road.
The deceased was identified as Jobayer Molla, 14, a ninth-grade student of Chalitatala Sammilani Secondary School and son of Hafizur Molla of Brahmanbanga village under Noagram union. His pillion rider, Azizur, son of Azmul of the same village, sustained minor injuries.
According to locals and family members, Jobayer borrowed a motorcycle from his classmate Rizvi, to travel from Brahmanbanga market toward Noldi. On his way back, Jobayer lost control of the vehicle, crashing into a roadside tree.
Jobayer was rushed to Narail District Hospital in critical condition, where emergency department duty doctor Shamim Akter declared him dead on arrival.
Shariful Islam, Lohagara Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC), said police were dispatched to the scene and the body was released to the family for burial following required legal procedures.