2 siblings killed by truck in Satkhira
Two siblings were run over by a truck in Satkhira Sadar upazila this morning.
The dead were identified as Mehedi Hasan Tamim, 19, son of Abdul Jalil from the upazila, and his sister Toufika Hasan Rahima, 11, a grade six student of Satkhira Government Primary School.
Tamim was escorting his sister to school on a motorcycle when a truck ran them over on the Satkhira-Ashashuni road around 7:30am, witnesses said.
One Rokshan Khatun, 28, from the same upazila, also suffered injuries when the truck hit her during the accident. She attended treatments at Satkhira Sadar Hospital.
Protesting the accident, agitated locals caught the truck and blocked the road for around half an hour. Later, police brought the situation under control.
Golam Rahman, officer-in-charge of Satkhira Police Station, said the bodies were handed over to relatives after autopsy. The truck was under police custody.
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