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, from Gonakarkathi village in Ashashuni upazila of Satkhira district.

The crash occurred around 11:00 pm when Prantopal was returning home on a bicycle with his father after work, as per a UNB report.

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.

"My son was riding with me after we had finished selling puffed rice for the night. A truck hit our bicycle at the Bangabhaban intersection. He was thrown o...