Shawdesh Desk:

A motorcycle rider was dead and the pillion passenger was injured after being hit by a covered van in Phulbari upazila of Dinajpur on Sunday morning.

The deceased was identified as Jakir Hossain, 52, a construction worker and son of late Foyez Uddin of South Sabajpur in Birampur, and the injured was Rony.

Rezaul Karim, sub-inspector of Phulbari Police Station said that a covered van hit the motorcycle, leaving Jakir dead and Rony injured.

Later, the injured was admitted to a local medical center, he added.

The covered van had been seized, but the driver fled, said the SI.