The deceased was identified as Sentu Islam, 45, son of Alauddin Khalashi of Islambagh, Eidgah Matth, Chawkbazar in the cpaital.
According to his friend Alamin, the accident occurred around 1:00am when the speeding truck ran over him at the time of taking the U-turn with the bike, leaving him critically injured.
Later, he was taken to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) around 1:45am, where physicians declared him dead.
DMCH police outpost in-charge Md Faruk said the body has been kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy, reports UNB.