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An HSC student was killed after a covered van hit his motorbike in Nagdarpar area of Khilgaon in Dhaka on Friday night.
The deceased was identified as Mohammad Shahruz Islam (19), a second-year HSC student of Imperial College. He was the son of Shamsul Haque, a resident of House No. 33, Road No. 10, Block-L of Banasree in Khilgaon, reports BSS.
The accident took place in the Nagdarpar area around 9:30 pm, according to police and locals.
Shahruz was returning home on his motorbike from the Demra Staff Quarters when a speeding covered van hit his motorbike, leaving him critically injured. He died on the spot.
Sub-Inspector (SI) Mohammad Jahedul Islam of Khilgaon Police Station said that police recovered the body after receiving information over the phone from locals.
"We recovered the body from Ward No. 75 of Khilgaon Nagdarpar," he said.
The body was sent to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital for autopsy. Later, the body was taken to the morgue around 1:30 am, said the SI.
Police said legal proceedings in this regard are underway.