A motorcyclist was killed in a head-on collision with a goods-carrying van (nosimon) at Sherpur upazila in Bogura district on Friday.
The accident took place in the afternoon on the Sherpur-Nandigram regional road near Kallaposi Bazaar area in the upazila.
The deceased, identified as Md. Shakil Ahmed, 17, was son of Golam Hossain and a resident of West Kusumbi village in Kusumbi union, .
Sherpur Police Station sub-inspector Shahadat Hossain confirmed the incident, stating that Shakil was riding his motorcycle at high speed when the accident occurred. Near Kallaposi Bazaar, his motorcycle collided with the van causing Shakil to be thrown onto the road and sustain critical injuries.
Local residents rushed him to Bogura's Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital but he succumbed to his injuries on the way.
Police are in the process of filing a case regarding the incident and the body has been kept at the hospital for an autopsy.