A Secondary School Certificate examinee was killed after a truck hit him in the Uttara area in the capital Dhaka on Sunday afternoon.
The victim was crossing a road after participating in an exam that day.
The deceased is Nayeem, 17, son of Mohammad Nazrul Islam, a resident of Haluaghat area in Mymensingh, said Dhaka Medical College Hospital police outpost in-charge inspector Mohammad Faruque.
Nayeem was his parents鈥� only child and lived in the sector 5 area of Uttara, the inspector added.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Uttara (East) officer-in-charge Shamim Ahmed said that Nayeem was crossing the road in front of the Azampur BNS Centre at around 1:15pm.
At that time the truck hit him.
He was first taken to a nearby branch of the Popular Hospital and from there he was taken to the DMCH.
The police officer said that Nayeem died there at around 3:20pm.
鈥榃e have heard that on the day Nayeem鈥檚 SSC exam centre was Rajuk Uttara Model College,鈥� Shamim said.
He also said that they had seized the truck but the driver managed to flee after the accident.
No case was filed yet in this regard, he added.
