6 farm labourers killed in road accident
Tuesday, 25 November 2014
At least half a dozen people died and four others sustained injuries in a road accident in Kahalu Upazila in Bogra district on Monday night. Almost all the victims were farm labourers. Police and locals said 10 farm labourers, involved in paddy cutting, were heading to Dupchanchia Upazila from several districts of the northern region by a human hauler around 10:00pm. A speeding truck coming from opposite direction, collided with the small vehicle, leaving three of its inmates dead on the spot and seven others injured. Locals rescued the injured and rushed them to a local hospital while three among the injured were shifted to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College and Hospital in Bogra town as their condition was found to be critical. Later, they succumbed to their injuries around 12:00am, according to a news agency.