Rangpur: A day-labourer was killed in a road accident at Mira Para point on the Dinajpur-Badarganj road under Badarganj upazila in Rangpur on Saturday morning, police said.

The deceased is Abdul Haque alias Arzul, 25, son of Suleiman Ali of village Sultan Nagar under Parbotipur upazila in nearby Dinajpur district.

Arzul was seriously injured after falling down from atop of a running truck at the point on his way to Rangpur from Dinajpur at about 8:00am.

Local villagers immediately rushed him to Badarganj Upazila Health Complex where attending physician Laboni Akhter declared him dead.

Confirming the incident, Officer-in-Charge of Badarganj Thana Akhteruzzaman informed BSS that the body was handed over to his relatives as no case was filed in this connection.