Jamalpur road crash kills NSU student

JAMALPUR, Sept 22 (UNB): A student of North South University (NSU) was killed as a truck hit a motorcycle he was riding on Bypass Road in the district town on Friday night.

The victim was identified as Faisal Mahmud Supto, 21, son of Md Nizam Uddin, of Dhakaipatti Madrasa Road of the town and a Six-Semester student of Civil Engineering Department of NSU.

Md Nasimul Haque, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said the accident took place in front of under-construction Sheikh Hasina Medical College Hospital at around 09:00 pm when the truck hit the motorcycle riding by Supto and his friend Sijan Mahmud, a BBA student of the university, leaving Supto dead on the spot and Sijan critically injured.

Later, locals seized the truck.

On information, police recovered the body. The injured was admitted to General Hospital.