Shantirbazar, October 3: A 40-year-old man was killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a motorcycle in the Betaga Signboard area under Shantirbazar police station on Saturday afternoon.
The accident took place on the National Highway near a college at around 1.25 pm. According to preliminary information, a bus bearing registration number TR 01 B 1392 was travelling from Sabroom towards Agartala when it collided with a motorcycle bearing registration number TR 08 A 6702.
The motorcycle was reportedly travelling from Birchandranagar Bazar towards Muhuripur when the collision occurred.
The motorcyclist was thrown onto the highway and suffered serious injuries. Fire and emergency personnel from the Shantirbazar fire station reached the spot soon after receiving the information and rushed him to Shantirbazar District Hospital.
Doctors at the hospital declared him dead on arrival. The deceased was identified as Dipankar Talukdar, 40, son of Nitai Talukdar of Muhuripur.
Police from Shantirbazar police station later reached the accident site and began an investigation into the circumstances leading to the collision. Both the bus and motorcycle have been taken up for investigation.
The body has been kept at the Shantirbazar morgue. Police said it would be handed over to the family after the post-mortem examination.
