3 farm labourers killed in Manikganj crash
Monday, 9 June 2014
Three farm labourers were killed and eight others injured as a pickup van they were ridding overturned on Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Shibalaya upazila of Manikganj district on Monday. The deceased, identified as Samidul, Choyra, 33, and Khalil, hailed from Alokdia Char area of the upazila. Witnesses said the Aricha-bound paddy-laden pickup van with 15-20 paddy cutting labourers onboard hit a road divider on the highway and turned turtle at Boalia in the morning. One labourer died on the spot and 10 others were injured as they fell under several paddy sacks. Critically injured, the labourers were rushed to Sadar Hospital where doctors declared two of them dead, according to UNB.