Two killed in city bike accidents

Two persons, including a female student, were killed and two others injured in separate accidents in the city on Friday, reports UNB.

The dead are Samanta Alam Jyoti, a 19-year-old second-year mechanical engineering student of UCEP Institute of Science and Technology (UIST), and Kazi Aminul Haque (35), son of Kazi Alimul Haque and a resident of Mohakhali.

The first accident occurred in the Mirpur area around 1:00 am when Jyoti was returning home in the Diabari Bazar area from the UIST campus riding pillion on her friend Niloy's bike, her father Nurul Amin said.

"Niloy lost control of his bike as a speeding truck zipped past. Both the riders fell off the bike and sustained serious head injuries," said Aminul Islam, a sub-inspector at Darus Salam thana.

Locals took them to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital and they were later referred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where Jyoti died around 1.45am, the officer said.

Niloy, a fourth-year student of UIST, is currently being treated at DMCH, while the body of Jyoti has been sent for an autopsy, said SI Aminul.

The second accident occurred around 2:00 am when a man named Aminul riding his bike home crashed into a road island near Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (BCPS) in the Mohakhali area, said Saiful Alam, a sub-inspector at Banani thana.

Aminul died on the spot while his neighbour Sumon riding pillion was admitted to DMCH in critical condition, said the officer. "The body has been sent for an autopsy."