A motorcycle rider was killed after a pickup van hit his vehicle and dragged him in the capital`s Meradia area on Monday night.
The deceased was Mirazul Islam Ratul, 26.
The accident happened near Meradia Bazar at about 11:30pm.
Pedestrians rescued Mirazul and took him to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where the on-duty doctors declared Mirazul dead.
The hospital sources said quoting the pedestrians that a pickup van hit the motorbike and dragged Mirazul for some distance.
Later, the pickup driver fled the scene leaving his vehicle.
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