3 killed as tractor hit two motorcycles in Rajshahi
Three people including a woman and her daughter were killed today as a tractor rammed two motorcyclists on Rajshahi-Naogaon highway in Rajshahi's Paba upazila.
The deceased are Bithi (33), her daughter Moriam Jannat (4), and Abdul Mannan (48).
Bithi's husband Akhter is undergoing treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.
Witnesses and police said that the tractor hit a motorcycle when while taking a turn with speed at Nawhata around 10:30am, our Rajshahi staff correspondent reports.
The vehicle hit another motorcycle while it was fleeing from the scene, they added.
Jannat and Mannan died on the spot while Bithi was declared dead after being taken to RMCH, Farid Hossain, officer-in-charge of Paba Police Station, said.
Locals staged a demonstration protesting the accident.
Witnesses said that the tractors do not follow any rules while plying on the rural roads and highways.
Police seized the two motorcycles and the tractor, but they could not arrest anyone.
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