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KISHOREGANJ, March 22, 2026 (BSS) - Two teenage motorcyclists were killed and another was seriously injured after a pickup van ran over their motorcycle in Kuliarchar of Kishoreganj.

The deceased were identified as Bijoy, 18, and his friend Jabir Hossain, 18, both residents of Dariakandi. 

The injured youth was rescued and taken to Jahurul Islam Medical College and Hospital.

The accident occurred this afternoon in the Dariakandi area of Kuliarchar upazila on the Kishoreganj–Bhairab Highway.

According to highway police, the three youths were traveling on a motorcycle when a chicken-laden pickup van coming from the opposite direction ran over them, killing Bijoy and Jabir on the spot.

Sources from the Bangladesh Highway Police said police visited the scene immediately after the accident. However, the pickup van fled the scene.

The bodies were recovered and sent to the morgue of Shaheed Syed Nazrul Islam Medical College Hospital, said Suman Kumar Chowdhury, in-charge of the Kuliarchar Highway Police outpost.