Road accidents kill three in two districts

FE Team | Published: September 09, 2019 23:56:22

Three people were killed and 17 others injured in separate road accidents in two districts on Monday, reports UNB.
In Mymensingh: two people were killed being hit by a truck in Bagar Bazar Signboard area in Trishal Upazila.
The deceased were identified as Fazlu Mia, 50, and Alauddin Mia, 70, of Narayanpur village in the upazila.
Azizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Trishal Police Station, said a Mymensingh-bound truck knocked them down while they were returning home from a tea stall at around 07:30 am, leaving them dead on the spot.
On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital morgue.
In Thakurgaon: a woman was killed and 17 other people were injured when a bus plunged into a ditch at Sattyapir Bridge in the district town early Monday.
The identity of the deceased could not be known yet.
Quoting witnesses, Ashiqur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said the accident took place at around 04:00 am when the Panchagarh-bound bus of 'Hanif Enterprise' fell off from a bridge and plunged into a road side ditch after hitting an electric pole, leaving the woman dead on the spot.
The injured were taken to local hospital.