7-yr-old among two killed in road crash
Two people, including a minor, were killed on the spot after a tractor hit their motorcycle at Shathibari area in Rangpur’s Mithapukur upazila around 9:30am yesterday, said police.
The deceased are Sabbir Hossain (18) and his seven-year-old cousin Al Farazi.
Locals set fire to the tractor after the accident, and its driver and helper fled the spot.
Police recovered the bodies and handed them over to family members. A case was on the process of being filed, said Officer-in-Charge Zafar Ali Biswas of Mithapukur police station.
Meanwhile, in Dhaka district, a college student was killed and two were injured after their motorcycle overturned at Kashimpur area of Nawabganj upazila on Tuesday afternoon.
The deceased is Badhan (19), a first-year year student of Government Dohar-Nawabganj College, reports UNB.
Sub-inspector Moshiur Rahman of Nawabganj police station said Badhan and his friend were returning home on the motorcycle.
The accident took place after the driver lost control over the vehicle, leaving the two and a pedestrian injured, he said.
Later, locals rushed the injured to the upazila health complex.
Badhan was then referred to Sir Salimullah Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead, the SI added.
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