Parents, two siblings killed in road crash
Five of a family from Netrakona’s Durgapur upazila lost their lives while two others were critically injured in a road accident on Mymensingh-Kishoreganj highway yesterday.
The accident took place in Ramgopalpur area of Mymensingh’s Gouripur upazila around 11:00am when a Kishoreganj-bound car carrying the family members collided head-on with a Mymensingh-bound bus, said Gouripur OC Kamrul Islam Mia.
Of the deceased, Nazmun Nahar Shaheen, 40, died on the spot. Her husband Rafik-uz-Zaman, 45, their son Nadim Hossain, 19, daughter Rounok Jahan, 13, and Nazmun’s brother Zisan Kabir, 22, died after being rushed to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH), the OC said.
The couple’s three-year-old son Nahid Hossain and car driver Swapan Miah, 30, were badly injured. The two were receiving treatment at the MMCH, he added.
Police seized the bus, but its driver managed to flee.
Talking to our Mymensingh correspondent, Salma Begum, aunt of Nazmun Nahar, said the family was going to attend a wedding ceremony.
In another accident, a traffic constable was killed after being hit by a truck on Mymensingh-Haluaghat road in Mymensingh’s Jhaugara area last night.
The victim is Robi Chowdhury, 33, from Netrakona’s Atpara upazila.
Quoting locals, police said the cop was discharging his duties in Jhaugara area. Around 9:30pm, he tried to stop a bamboo-laden truck bound for Mymensingh for going against traffic.
As the truck driver tried to speed off, Robi was hit by the vehicle and was injured critically, said police.
He was taken to the MMCH where he died of his injuries around 10:30pm.
Police seized the truck and arrested its driver.
In Tangail, two people were killed and three others were injured in two road accidents in the district’s Bhuapur and Nagarpur upazilas yesterday morning.
The dead are Abdul Mannan, 62, from Jamalpur’s Sarishabari upazila and Abdul Koddus Miah, 70, from Tangail’s Nagarpur upazila.
In Patuakhali, two men, who were critically wounded in separate road accidents, died of their injuries yesterday.
Abdur Rob Sikder, 65, was from Patuakhali Sadar upazila and Monir Hossain was from the district’s Bauphal upazila, police said.
In Rajbari, a boy was killed and four people were injured in a road crash on Rajbari-Kushtia regional highway early yesterday.
The deceased, Shamim Hossain, 15, was from Meherpur’s Gangni upazila.
Earlier on Thursday, at least 20 people were killed and 82 others injured in separate road accidents in eight districts.
Of the dead, seven were killed in Feni, four in Faridpur, three in Kishoreganj, two in Sirajganj, and one each in Gopalganj, Mymensingh, Barishal and Tangail.
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