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3 killed, 2 injured in Pabna road accident

Our Correspondent | Wednesday, 22 April 2015



PABNA, Apr 21: Three people including two women were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)-run auto-rickshaw on the Pabna-Ishwardi highway in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna today morning (Tuesday)
The deceased were identified as Rahima Khatun, 55, wife of Siddiqur Rahman of village Fotemohammadpur, her son's wife Doli Khatun, 30, wife of Monir Hossain, CNG driver Kamal Hossain, 35, son of Mojahar Ali a residente of Ruppur-Nalgari of Ishwardi upazila.
Ahsanul Haque, officer-in-charge of Pabna Sadar police station said the accident took place at Atmail bazar adjacent to Hakim Jute Mills around 9:45am when a speedy Pabna-bound bus of Sonar Bangla Paribahan from Ishwardi hit the auto-rickshaw.
The crash left three of the auto-rickshaw passengers dead on the spot and two others injured.
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