A 68-year-old lawyer died after a speeding truck rammed his bike outside a petrol pump in Bagura’s Kahalu upazila on Saturday morning.

The deceased was identified as Mahbubar Rahman Faruq, a senior advocate at Bagura court and a former vice president of Bogura Bar Association.

"The speeding truck hit his bike from behind, leaving him dead on the spot in the impact," the officer said.

The body was recovered from the spot and handed over to the family by police.

The driver and helper managed to escape, leaving the truck behind. "The vehicle has been seized and efforts are on to track down the errant driver," a police officer said.