Journo killed in Bogura road crash

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UNB, Bogura :

A local journalist was killed while four other people sustained injuries when a truck crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Shahjahanpur upazila of Bogura, police said on Thursday.

The deceased was identified as Golam Nabi Rahman, a resident of the district. He worked as a journalist with local daily ‘Dainik Kaler Khobor’.

All the injured are aged between 50 and 70, said police.

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The accident occurred around 6pm on Wednesday when the truck, hired for a project of the Roads and Highways Department on Shakpala Road, hit the auto on the stretch as the three-wheeler was heading towards the town, police said.

“The crash left all five occupants of the auto seriously injured,” said Raju Kamal, a sub-inspector at Koigari police outpost.

The injured were rushed to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College and Hospital, where Golam Nabi succumbed to his injuries around 9pm, he added.

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