A 30-year-old truck helper was killed falling from a truck at Nayabazar in the city early Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Md Akhil Islam, son of Nurul Islam, of Kahalu upazila of Bogura.
Idris Ali, a co-worker of the deceased, said Akhil suffered severe injuries falling of a truck while fastening goods with a rope in front of Armanitola Market at Nayabazar.
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Later, he was rushed to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where doctors declared him dead.
Mokhlesur Rahman, sub-inspector of Bangshal Police Station. said the body was kept at DMCH morgue for an autopsy.