5 including 2 children dead in Narsingdi road accident
Five people including a mother and her two children died and seven others were injured as a truck hit a microbus in Narsingdi.
The deceased are Rubi Akhter (33), her daughter Raima Khan (5), and nephew Sadek Khan (8), and their relatives Rokeya Begum and Mukti Akhter. All are residents of Savar.
Madhabdi Police Station Sub-inspector Jahidul Islam said that the accident occurred around 12:00am today on Ghorashal-Tongi road at Sakura intersection.
SI Jahidul added the injured were rushed to Narsingdi Sadar Hospital.
Later they were sent to Dhaka as their condition was critical. Rubi Akhter and Rokeya Begum died on the way to Dhaka, said Dr Asad, a physician of Narsingdi Sadar Hospital's emergency department.
Quoting relatives, he said the microbus carrying the passengers was returning from Sylhet and was hit by the truck coming from the opposite direction at Sakura intersection. Police seized the truck but its driver and helper fled away.
Comments