Schoolboy killed in Dohar road crash

Another accident killed a schoolboy and injured another when a truck hit a motorbike at Char Keshai in Dohar upazila of Dhaka today.

The incident comes on the fifth day of students’ agitation on demand of safe roads following the deaths of two of their peers in airport road accident last Sunday.

The deceased was identified as Risad, 15, a class VII student of Holy Cross School at Dohar and son of Shamsul Haq.

Sirajul Islam, officer-in-charge of Dohar Police Station, said the truck hit the motorbike carrying two people, leaving Risad dead on the spot and another injured.

On information, police recovered the body and sent it to local hospital morgue.