3 of a family killed in Dinajpur road accident
Monday, 16 June 2014
Three people of a family were killed in a road accident in Chiribandar upazila of Dinajpur on Monday. The dead are Mokhtar Hossain, 60, son of Shamsher Ali of Ranibandar village of the upazila, his brother Rezaul Karim, 42, and Jahanara Begum, 50, wife of Moktar Hossain. Witnesses said the accident took place when a motorcycle carrying the three was hit by a Dinajpur-bound bus of 'Hanif Paribahan' from Dhaka in Ramdubi area on Dinajpur-Rangpur Highwayin around 7:00am, leaving Rezaul dead on the spot and injuring the other two. The injured husband and wife were rushed to Dinajpur Medical College Hospital where both of them succumbed to their injuries around 9:00am. Agitated locals blocked the Dinajpur-Rangpur highway protesting the incident. Later, police rushed in and brought the situation under control as the traffic movement on the highway got normal after an hour around 8:00am, according to UNB.