A 19-year-old college student died after his motorcycle lost control and hit a tree in the Kamar Haila area on the Jatrapur-Ghogadah road in the Sadar upazila of Kurigram on Thursday morning.
The deceased was identified as Lutfar Rahman of the Nowanipara area of Jatrapur union.
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According to family sources, the incident happened when Lutfar was going to Ghogadah Bazar and, on the way, his motorcycle lost control and hit a tree.
Later, locals rescued him and took him to Kurigram General Hospital, where doctors referred him to Rangpur Medical College Hospital.
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He died there in the afternoon while undergoing treatment, said Jatrapur Union Parishad Chairman Md Abdul Gafur.
Masudur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Kurigram Sadar Police Station, said, "We heard that a college student died in a road accident