A motorcyclist was killed in a road accident on the Satkhira-Jashore road in front of the Radha Gobind temple area under Sadar upazila of the district yesterday.
The deceased was identified as Md Sujauddin alias Suja, 32, son of late Golap Sardar, resident of Uttar Raita village under Kalaroa upazila of the district. He was a mason.
According to the police and eyewitnesses, the accident occurred in the area when he was going to Jhowdanga Bazar from Kalaroa on a motorcycle, on the way, a mentally challenged person standing on the side of the road raised a stick at him and tried to move him on his motorcycle to the right at that same time, a speeding dumper truck hit him from behind around 8am, leaving him died on the spot, Sadar Police Station Inspector (Investigation) Md Nazrul Islam said.
Fire service personnel recovered the body from the spot and it was sent to Satkhira Sadar Hospital for post-mortem, he said.
