Dhaka, July 27 -- A teenage boy was killed in a road crash after being hit by a truck at the Bangabhaban intersection under Paltan Police Station in the capital on Saturday night.

The victim was identified as Prantopal, 16, son of Ujjal Pal from Gonakarkathi village in Ashashuni upazila of Satkhira district.

The crash occurred around 11pm when Prantopal was returning home on a bicycle with his father after work.

Critically injured in the accident, he was rushed to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), where doctors declared him dead on arrival.

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