Another school student killed in Dohar road crash

Another school student was killed in a road accident in Dohar of Nawabganj in Dhaka on Thursday.

The diseased is Reshad, 12, a class VII student of Bandura Holy Cross School and College.

Witnesses said another motorcyclist was also injured in the accident.

Reshad’s relatives said the boy was going to Raipara union of Jamalpur village by a bike. He was killed on the spot when a goods-laden truck hit the motorcycle in the Charkushai area of the union.

Dohar police station officer-in-charge Sheikh Sirajul Islam said a team of police went to the spot and seized the truck.

The incident took place at a time when thousands of students from different schools and colleges are demonstrating in Dhaka and its neighbourhood for the fifth consecutive day demanding justice for the death of two of their fellow students who were killed in a road accident in Dhaka on 29 July.