A schoolboy was killed and two others were injured in a high-speed motorcycle accident in Gangni upazila of Meherpur on Tuesday evening.
The deceased was identified as Soad Hossain, 14, son of Malaysia expatriate Dulal Hossain of village Bholadanga and a Class VII student at a local high school.
The injured are Sagar Hossain, 15, son of Monirul Islam, and Bahadur Ali, 20, son of Abbas Ali, both residents of the same village.
The accident took place at about 6:30pm on the Gangni-Hatboalia road at Gojaria Hemayetpur when the motorcycle carrying the trio, driven by Soad, lost control and collided with another bike before hitting a roadside sawmill.
All three sustained severe injuries, and local people rushed them to a nearby hospital where doctors declared Soad dead, said Gangni Police Station officer-in-charge Bani Israil.