AIUB student killed as truck hits bike in Bogura

A private university student was killed and two of his friends were hurt as a truck hit their bike in Bogura's Fuldighi Friday.  

The deceased Bappy, 25, was a student of the American International University Bangladesh (AIUB) and from Fuldighi of Shajahanpur upazila, according to police.

His friends Pial and Ovi are undergoing treatment at Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital, reports UNB.

The accident occurred on Dhaka- Bogura highway at 7:15pm as Bappy and his friends were heading to Bonani from Fuldighi on a motorcycle, Shajahanpur Police Station Sub-Inspector Mizanur Rahman said.

"They were hit while trying to overtake a speeding truck, leaving all three critically injured. Bappy died on the spot," he added.

"We seized the truck while its driver and helper managed to flee."