12 Natore road crash victims of same village buried

NATORE, Oct 21 (UNB): Twelve people, out of 33, who were killed in a fatal road crash in Baraigram upazila on Monday afternoon, were buried in Sidhuli village under Gurudaspur upazila on Tuesday morning.
The 12 deceased, including six siblings, who hailed from the same village, were buried at a local central graveyard after their namaz-e-janaza at Sidhuli Government Primary School ground around 10:05am.
At least 33 people, including 14 from Sidhuli village alone, were killed and over 24 others injured in the country's one of the deadliest-ever road crashes at Razzak intersection on the Bonpara-Hatikumrul highway in Baraigram upazila on Monday afternoon.
The victims' relatives in the village recognised the 12 bodies on the spot while two others -- Bahadur and Azad -- were kept at the Natore Sadar Hospital.
Of the bodies, 30 were handed over to their families at Bonpara highway police camp, said deputy commissioner of the district Mashiur Rahman.
A three-member probe panel, headed by additional district magistrate Mohammad Ali of Natore, has been formed to look into the fatal accident.
Its two other members are assistant police super of Natore (Circle) and the assistant director of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA).