A youth died after he lost control of his motorcycle before crashing into a tree on Fakirapool Kalbard Road in the capital’s Motijheel area early Friday.
The deceased was identified as Maizul Alam Sifar, a 27-year-old, son of Masud Alam of Sonapur village in Shahrasti upazila of Chandpur.
He lived in a rented house on Ranking Street in Wari. Sifar completed his HSC from Birshreshtha Noor Mohammad Public College (BNMPC) and was preparing to enroll in a law college for LLB studies.
Witnesses said Sifar hit a tree while trying to give way to a battery-run autorickshaw, leaving him critically injured.
He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 12:45 am, where doctors declared him dead.
Confirming the death Inspector Md Faruk, in-charge of DMCH police camp, said the body has been kept at the hospital morgue. Motijheel police have been informed of the incident.