Md Firoz Khan, Bhaluka Correspondent :
At least 10 people, including five of a family, were killed and three others received injuries when a cement laden truck overturned on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway at Meherabari in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh district early Friday.
The deceased have been identified as Azizul Islam, 35, a van driver, his wife Rezia Begum, 30, and their three sons namely Mehedi Hasan, 11, Mizan, 8, and Sizar, 4, from Tarakanda upazila, Jyostna Begum, 55, and her son Md Sirajul Islam, 18, from Sadar upazila in Mymensingh, Sukkur Ali, 65, Khorshed, 25, and Shahjahan Hossain, 26, from Sherpur district. The victims were traveling on the truck on the fateful night.
The injured were taken to Bhaluka Health Complex where doctors declared one of them dead. Later Two more injured were shifted to Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital, Police said.
The truck skidded on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Meherabari around 4:30am, while heading towards Sherpur from Dhaka, leaving nine people dead on the spot and four others injured, said Mamunur Rashid, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Bhaluka Police Station.
One of the injured died on way to Bhaluka Health Complex, the Police official said. The bodies were handed over to the family members of the victims after post mortem at MMCH, the OC said.
A case was filed with the police station in this connection, he said. Meanwhile, a probe body with Ariful Islam Khan, Additonal District Magistrate, as head was formed to investigate the incident, said Khalilur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner of Mymensingh.
The Committee was asked to submit the report soon, the DC said. The local administration decided to give Tk 25,000 compensation to each of the dead victims, he said.
