Road accidents kill three in two districts
Tuesday, 10 September 2019
Three people were killed and 17 others injured in separate road accidents in two districts on Monday, reports UNB.
In Mymensingh: two people were killed being hit by a truck in Bagar Bazar Signboard area in Trishal Upazila.
The deceased were identified as Fazlu Mia, 50, and Alauddin Mia, 70, of Narayanpur village in the upazila.
Azizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Trishal Police Station, said a Mymensingh-bound truck knocked them down while they were returning home from a tea stall at around 07:30 am, leaving them dead on the spot.
On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital morgue.
In Thakurgaon: a woman was killed and 17 other people were injured when a bus plunged into a ditch at Sattyapir Bridge in the district town early Monday.
The identity of the deceased could not be known yet.
Quoting witnesses, Ashiqur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said the accident took place at around 04:00 am when the Panchagarh-bound bus of 'Hanif Enterprise' fell off from a bridge and plunged into a road side ditch after hitting an electric pole, leaving the woman dead on the spot.
The injured were taken to local hospital.