A motorcycle driver was killed when an oil tanker hit his vehicle at Rampura in the capital on Friday morning.
The 38-year-old Abu Naser Patwary was killed in front of Farazi Hospital at Banasree when an oil tank lorry rammed his bike at about 6:30am.
The critically injured Abu Naser was pronounced dead after he was rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH)’s emergency department at about 8:45am.
The deceased Abu Naser Patwary, son of Abu Taher Patwary, hailed from village Maniknagar under Sonaimuri upazila in Noakhali district. He lived at Lal Mia’s Golli at Meradia in Khailgaon and was the manager of Chittagong Bull Hotel and Restaurant at Gulshan. He left two daughters and a son.
“Naser Patwary worked as a manager at Chittagong Bull Hotel and Restaurant at Gulshan. He was going to his office on board his motorcycle. When he reached in front of Banasree Farazi Hospital, an oil tanker lorry coming from the opposite direction, hit his motorcycle. He fell down from the motorbike, and then died being crushed under the wheel of the tank lorry on that road,” SI Shahriar Hossain further said.
The body has been kept at the DMCH morgue for autopsy.
SI Shahriar also said the oil tanker lorry has been seized, while its driver Nurul Islam, 42, and and helper Imran, 22, were detained.
