A motorcyclist was killed and his pillion rider critically injured after their two-wheeler hit a tree on the Hili-Mollabazar road in Hakimpur's Hili Sunday, police said. The deceased was identified as Ekhlas, 26, from Baigram village of Hakimpur upazila, and the injured is Rubel, 28, of the same area. Read: 3 die as bus hits pickup van in DInajpur The accident occurred around 6:30pm in the Chhoto Dangapara area. "Ekhlas and Rubel were returning home from Hili Bazar when one of them driving the motorcycle lost control of it which ran into a roadside tree, leaving them seriously injured," Abu Sayem Mia, officer-in-charge of Hakimpur Police Station, said. Read: 2 Rohingyas shot dead during 'gunfight' at Ukhia camp, police say Locals rushed them to Hakimpur Upazila Health Complex where the doctors declared Ekhlas dead. Critically injured Rubel was later referred to Rangpur Medical College Hospital, Dr Sabrina Jahan Mou of the health complex said.