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A motorcyclist was killed as a speeding truck ran over his vehicle on Kashiadanga-Amchattar road at Sairgachha in Rajshahi on Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Biddut Hossain, 32, son of Mafijuddin of Kathalbaria village in Kashiadanga Upazila, reports UNB.
Officer-in-charge of Kashiadanga Police Station Rabiul Islam said a sand-laden truck hit the motorcycle at the place around 9:45am, after its driver his lost control over the steering, leaving the rider severely injured.
The injured was taken to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital where the duty doctor declared him dead.
However, police could not arrest anyone as the truck driver and his helper managed to flee the scene immediately after the incident, the OC added.