Man killed as bus hits bike in Dhaka

A motorcyclist was killed after a bus knocked down his bike in Dhaka's Shanir Akhra area yesterday morning.The deceased was identified as Masud Hossain (45), an iron sheet trader.

Masud was on his way to his shop in Dholaipar area from his home in Demra's Konapara. As he reached near Dania College in Shanir Akhra around 10am, a Thikana Paribahan bus hit his motorcycle from behind, leaving him critically injured, said Sub-Inspector Shamsul Alam of Jatrabari Police Station.

Pedestrians took him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead around 11:45am, he said.

Police seized the bus and detained its driver after the accident.

Our Mymensingh correspondent adds, a man was killed when a truck ran him over on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Signboard area in Trishal upazila yesterday.

Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately, police said.

Quoting locals, Trishal Police Station OC Sumon Chandra Roy said the accident happened while the man was crossing a road around 9am.