A 40-year-old motorcyclist was killed after being hit by a bus under the Rayerbagh foot-overbridge in the capital’s Jatrabari area on Monday afternoon.
The deceased was identified as Amirul Islam (40), son of Md Yousuf Ali.
Hailing from Charpara village under Tangail Sadar Upazila, he was currently residing in the Faridabad area of Shyampur, Dhaka.
According to sources, the accident occurred at around 1:30pm on Monday when a bus operated by Hanif Paribahan struck Amirul’s motorcycle while he was riding under the Rayerbagh foot-overbridge.
The impact threw him off the vehicle, leaving him critically injured.
Pedestrians rescued Amirul from the scene and rushed him to the Emergency Department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), where attending doctors pronounced him dead at around 3:15pm.
Imran Fakir, a pedestrian who assisted in taking the victim to the hospital, confirmed that the Hanif Paribahan bus rammed into the motorcycle under the foot-overbridge, causing severe injuries.
Sub-Inspector (SI) Md Rafiqul Islam of Jatrabari Police Station stated that police ascertained the victim’s identity from the National Identity Card (NID) found in his possession.
“Locals seized the bus immediately after the incident, but its driver managed to flee the spot,” SI Rafiqul added.
The body has been kept in the DMCH morgue for an autopsy.
