Jubo League leader killed in road crash
Rashedunnabi Jewel, president of Rangpur district unit of Jubo League, was killed and two others were injured in a road accident on Bangabandhu Bridge east link road in Tangail yesterday.
Moshraf Hossain, officer-in-charge of Bangabandhu Bridge East Police Station, said Jewel was going to Dhaka from Rangpur in his car.
His SUV collided head-on with a cement-laden truck coming from the opposite direction, near Bhuapur link road at 5:30am, leaving all three people on board the vehicle injured, he said.
Police rushed them to Tangail General Hospital where on-duty doctors declared Jewel dead.
Injured driver Sanjit and the other passenger Biplob were referred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Police seized the truck but its driver and helper managed to escape, the OC added.
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