Bank employee killed after being run over by a truck

In Badalgachhi, Naogaon, a bank employee named Abdul Hannan, 41, was killed after being struck by a stone-laden truck while riding his motorcycle.

The tragic accident occurred around 7:00 AM on November 4 in the Keshail area of Kola Union. The deceased, Abdul Hannan, was the son of Ramzan Ali from Rukunpur village in the same upazila. He worked as an office assistant at the Akkelpur branch of Rupali Bank PLC in Joypurhat district.

According to locals and eyewitnesses, Hannan had left his home on his motorcycle that morning, heading toward his workplace in Akkelpur. While passing through the Keshail area of Kola Union, he encountered a stone-laden truck coming from the opposite direction. At that same moment, sand was being loaded onto an illegal, locally-made vehicle, known as a "kakra", which was parked on the left side of the road. 

Startled by the sudden appearance of the truck, Hannan lost control of his motorcycle, which then collided with the parked vehicle. Hannan was thrown onto the asphalt road, where he was run over by the wheels of the speeding, stone-laden truck.

Following the accident, local residents rescued him, he was found severely injured and covered in blood, and rushed him to the Badalgachhi Upazila Health Complex. However, the physician on duty in the emergency department declared him dead.

Upon receiving the news, police from the Badalgachhi Police Station arrived at the scene and conducted an inquest into the body. Habibur Rahman, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Badalgachhi Police Station, confirmed the incident and stated that the body has been handed over to the family following the completion of legal formalities. Legal action is currently being initiated against both the truck involved and the operators of the illegal vehicle.

Meanwhile, news of the bank employee’s sudden and tragic death, who was on his way to work, has left his family, colleagues, and the entire local community devastated.

-    SS/NS