7 die in Gopalganj road crash

Six members of a family and another person were killed in a head-on collision between a microbus and a battery-run three-wheeler, Easy-bike, on Gopalganj-Kotalipara road in Sadar upazila on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Khokon Sikdar, 45, his mother Katebunnesa, 70, wife China Begum, 40, son Shakib, 17, daughters Eneya, 16, and Eti, 7, and Easy-bike driver Delwar of Teligati village in the upazila.
Officer-in-charge (investigation) of Sadar Police Station Selim Reza said the accident took place around 10am at Shibpur, leaving six passengers of the three-wheeler dead on the spot and five others injured. One of the injured died on the way to hospital while four others were admitted to Gopalganj 250-Bed Hospital, according to a news agency.
- biplab