A student of North South University NSU) was killed as a truck hit the motorcycle he was riding on Bypass Road in Jamalpur district town on Friday night.
Also identified as son of Md Nizam Uddin, of Dhakaipatti Madrasa Road of the town, Faisal Mahmud Supto, 21, was a sixth semester student of the Civil Engineering and Environmental Department.
Md Nasimul Haque, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said the accident took place in front of the under-construction Sheikh Hasina Medical College Hospital at around 9:00 pm, UNB reported.
Supto, who was riding the bike, died on the spot while his friend Shezan Mahmud, a BBA student of the same university, who was a pillion rider, sustained critical injuries, and was rushed to hospital.
Police have recovered the body and seized the truck.