4 of a family killed in M’singh road crash

Four members of a family were killed and two others were injured as a bus hit a private car on Mymensingh-Kishoreganj highway this morning.

The accident took place at Ramgopalpur area in Gouripur upazila of Mymensingh around 11:00am, our Mymensingh correspondent reports quoting Kamrul Islam Mia, officer-in-charge (OC) of Gouripur Police station.

The deceased were identified as: Rafik-uz-Zaman, 45, of Netrakona’s Durgapur upazila; his wife Shahina Akhtar, 40; their son Nadim Hosen, 19; and daughter Rounok Jahan, 13.

The family was travelling to Narsingdi via Kishoreganj, the OC said.

The bus hit the Kishoreganj-bound private car from behind, leaving Shahina dead on the spot and five others injured, the official said.

The injured were rushed to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) where Rafik and his two children succumbed to their injuries, he also said.

Another son of the couple -- a three-year-old child -- and the driver of the private car were undergoing treatment in critical state at MMCH, the OC added.

Police seized the bus involved in the accident but the driver managed to flee, said Shaker Hosen Siddiquee additional superintendent of police (Gouripur Circle).