News Desk :
Twelve people were killed in Dinajpur and Mymensingh on Monday.
In Dinajpur, seven passengers of a rickshaw-van were killed in a fatal road accident at 25-mile point on the Dinajpur-Panchagarh highway in Birganj upazila yesterday, reports BSS.
“The accident occurred when a Rangpur bound BRTC passenger bus from Panchagarh hit the rickshaw-van there at 2:30 pm killing four of its passengers and injuring three others,” Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Doshmile Highway Thana Police GM Nur told BSS.
Being informed, police and Fire Service and Civil Defence personnel from Birganj station rushed to the spot, rescued the injured persons and bodies and salvaged the BRTC bus that fell down into the roadside ditch.
The injured persons were sent to Birganj Upazila Health Complex (BUHC) where the driver of the rickshaw-van succumbed to his injuries and two critically injured passengers were shifted to M Abdur Rahman Medical College Hospital (MARMCH) in Dinajpur.
“The two shifted injured passengers, including a male and a female, died at MARMCH in Dinajpur town yesterday afternoon,” Birganj Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer Dr. Mohsin Ullah told BSS at 7 pm.
The seven deceased people are Nasrine Begum, 50, and her daughter Rupa Khatun, 8, of village Bhabki, Abul Hossain, 60, his wife Asma Khatun, 45, and their daughter-in-law Namiya Khatun, 8, of village Debipur in Kaharol upazila and Nargis Begum, 35, of village Muriowla in Birganj upazila of Dinajpur district.
“However, identity of the deceased male driver, 40, of the rickshaw-van could not be known and his body was remaining at BUHC till 7 pm,” Dr. Mohsin said.
“A case was filed in this connection with Birganj Thana police in Dinajpur yesterday evening,” OC GM Nur told BSS, adding that the killer BRTC bus has been seized though its driver and helper managed to flee from the scene.
In Mymensingh, at least five people lost their lives in two separate road accidents in Nandail and Bhaluka upazilas.
Nandail Highway Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) ManjurulHaque said,three people were killed as a truck ran over an autorikshaw in the Nandail Merenga Chakmati area.
The deceased were identified as- Hanif Mia, 22, son of Faizul Mia of Singrail Union, Nayan Mia, son of Ramzan Ali of Kendua Upazila and Arif Mia, 25, son of Renu Mia. Police have recovered the bodies of the victims.
On the other hand, two brothers were killed in a head-on collision between a covered-van and private car in Bhaluka upazila of Dhaka-Mymensingh highway, Bhaluka Highway Police SI Hadiul Islam confirmed the matter to BSS.
The dead persons in Bhaluka upazila are MorshedTushar, 32, and his brother Jaber MorshedAkash, 30. They were sons of Monjur Morshed at Kalabanda village under Islampur upazila in Jamalpur district.
Twelve people were killed in Dinajpur and Mymensingh on Monday.
In Dinajpur, seven passengers of a rickshaw-van were killed in a fatal road accident at 25-mile point on the Dinajpur-Panchagarh highway in Birganj upazila yesterday, reports BSS.
“The accident occurred when a Rangpur bound BRTC passenger bus from Panchagarh hit the rickshaw-van there at 2:30 pm killing four of its passengers and injuring three others,” Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Doshmile Highway Thana Police GM Nur told BSS.
Being informed, police and Fire Service and Civil Defence personnel from Birganj station rushed to the spot, rescued the injured persons and bodies and salvaged the BRTC bus that fell down into the roadside ditch.
The injured persons were sent to Birganj Upazila Health Complex (BUHC) where the driver of the rickshaw-van succumbed to his injuries and two critically injured passengers were shifted to M Abdur Rahman Medical College Hospital (MARMCH) in Dinajpur.
“The two shifted injured passengers, including a male and a female, died at MARMCH in Dinajpur town yesterday afternoon,” Birganj Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer Dr. Mohsin Ullah told BSS at 7 pm.
The seven deceased people are Nasrine Begum, 50, and her daughter Rupa Khatun, 8, of village Bhabki, Abul Hossain, 60, his wife Asma Khatun, 45, and their daughter-in-law Namiya Khatun, 8, of village Debipur in Kaharol upazila and Nargis Begum, 35, of village Muriowla in Birganj upazila of Dinajpur district.
“However, identity of the deceased male driver, 40, of the rickshaw-van could not be known and his body was remaining at BUHC till 7 pm,” Dr. Mohsin said.
“A case was filed in this connection with Birganj Thana police in Dinajpur yesterday evening,” OC GM Nur told BSS, adding that the killer BRTC bus has been seized though its driver and helper managed to flee from the scene.
In Mymensingh, at least five people lost their lives in two separate road accidents in Nandail and Bhaluka upazilas.
Nandail Highway Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) ManjurulHaque said,three people were killed as a truck ran over an autorikshaw in the Nandail Merenga Chakmati area.
The deceased were identified as- Hanif Mia, 22, son of Faizul Mia of Singrail Union, Nayan Mia, son of Ramzan Ali of Kendua Upazila and Arif Mia, 25, son of Renu Mia. Police have recovered the bodies of the victims.
On the other hand, two brothers were killed in a head-on collision between a covered-van and private car in Bhaluka upazila of Dhaka-Mymensingh highway, Bhaluka Highway Police SI Hadiul Islam confirmed the matter to BSS.
The dead persons in Bhaluka upazila are MorshedTushar, 32, and his brother Jaber MorshedAkash, 30. They were sons of Monjur Morshed at Kalabanda village under Islampur upazila in Jamalpur district.
