2 killed, 13 injured in Joypurhat road accident
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
At least two people were killed and 13 others injured in a road accident in Kalai upazila of Joypurhat district on Monday. The dead are Mirza Md Shaheen, 22, driver of a pickup van, and pick up passenger Alal Sheikh, 38. Police super of Joypurhat Hamidul Alam said the accident took place when a Bogra-bound bus collided with a Joypurhat-bound pickup van at Punat Nandail on Joypurhat-Bogra highway in the afternoon. Pickup driver Shaheen and passenger Alal Sheikh died on the spot and 13 other people were injured. Twelve of the injured were rushed to Kalai Upazila Health Complex and Joypurhat Sadar Hospital, while another to Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogra district, according to UNB.