College girl killed in road crash

A college girl was killed and her father was injured in a collision between a truck and a motorcycle in Ishwardi upazila on Thursday afternoon.

The deceased was Piya Khatun, 23, from Azaltala village in the upazila. She was a second year student of Government Edward College in the district.

Bahauddin Faruki, officer-in-charge of Ishwardi police station, said Piya and her father Ashraful Islam were going home at 4:00pm riding on his motorcycle.

When they reached Bansherbada Bazar, their motorcycle collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction, leaving her spot-dead and her father injured.

The body was sent to Pabna General Hospital for an autopsy while her father was admitted to Ishwardi Upazila Health Complex Hospital.

Although the truck driver is on the run, police detained his assistant.