Bogura road crashes kill four---
Friday, 19 August 2022
Four persons were killed in separate road accidents in Bogura district on Thursday, reports UNB.
Two people were killed and four others injured when a speeding bus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Dhaka-Bogura highway in the Hamchayapur area of Bogura's Sherpur upazila Thursday noon.
One of the deceased was identified as driver of the three-wheeler Abdul Based, 30, son of Shahar Uddin from Birail village of Sherpur upazila's Mirzapur union.
Identity of the other deceased couldn't be known immediately, said Shahadat Hossain, Sub-Inspector (SI) of Sherpur Highway Police Outpost.
He said that the accident occurred when the bus rammed into the three-wheeler while giving side to a motorcycle coming from the wrong direction.
The collision left six people travelling the three-wheeler critically injured.
All of them were taken to Sherpur Upazila Health Complex for treatment where one of the injured died upon arrival.
The rest were transferred to Shahid Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital (SZMC) where another person died a while later.
The remaining four are currently undergoing treatment at the hospital.
In another incident, a local journalist was killed while four other people sustained injuries when a truck crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Shahjahanpur upazila of Bogura, police said on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Golam Nabi Rahman, a resident of the district. He worked as a journalist with local daily 'Dainik Kaler Khobor'.
All the injured are aged between 50 and 70, said police.
The accident occurred around 6pm on Wednesday when the truck, hired for a project of the Roads and Highways Department on Shakpala Road, hit the auto on the stretch as the three-wheeler was heading towards the town, police said.
"The crash left all five occupants of the auto seriously injured," said Raju Kamal, a sub-inspector at Koigari police outpost.
The injured were rushed to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College and Hospital, where Golam Nabi succumbed to his injuries around 9pm, he added.