Wife, son of municipality mayor killed in road crash
Three people, including the wife and son of a newly-elected municipality mayor, were killed as a microbus and a bus collided head-on on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Faridpur's Nagarkanda upazila last night.
Nimay Sarkar, who was elected mayor of the Nagarkanda municipality as an Awami League candidate in the February 14 polls, was also critically injured.
Omar Faruq, officer-in-charge of Bhanga Highway Police Station, said the accident happened in Kailar Mour area around 9:15pm.
He said the bus was heading towards Dhaka and the victims were travelling in the microbus going in the opposite direction.
Nimay's wife Shanchita Sarkar, 45, son Gourab Sarkar, 25, and one of their neighbours Kamal Hossain died on the spot.
Critically injured Nimay was first rushed to Bhanga Upazila Health Complex, from where he was shifted to Faridpur Medical College Hospital.
Later, he was taken to Dhaka in a helicopter for better treatment, added the OC.
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