Couple killed as pickup hits rickshaw van in Jhenidah
A couple was killed when the battery-run rickshaw van they were on was rammed by a pickup truck in Jhenidah's Kaliganj upazila this morning.
The deceased were identified as Sabdar Hossain, 48, and his wife Parvina Begum, 40, of Bishoykhali village in Jhenidah Sadar upazila.
Quoting eyewitnesses, Officer-in-Charge of Kaliganj Police Station Abdur Rahim Molla said Sabdar and his family members fell on the road when the pickup van hit the rickshaw-van in front of Mobarakganj Sugar Mill around 6:00am.
Locals took them to Kaliganj Upazila Health Complex where Sabdar and his wife succumbed to their injuries, Ariful Islam, a duty doctor, said.
On the other hand, their daughter Sathi Khatun, 25, her son Arafat Hossain, 7, and van driver Abdul Karim were also admitted to the upazila health complex. But they were referred to Jashore Sadar Hospital after their condition deteriorated, the doctor said.
Sabdar along with his family members was going to visit a doctor in Jashore.
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