RANGPUR, March 18, 2022 (BSS) - Two male persons were killed and five others
injured in a road accident at Mirzapur point on the Rangpur-Dhaka highway
under Mithapukur upazila of the district today.

"The accident occurred when a Rangpur-bound passenger coach from Dhaka and a
Dhaka-bound truck from Rangpur collided head-on at the spot, killing two
persons and injuring five others at 5:30 am," Officer-in-Charge (OC) of
Barodorga Highway police station Shahjahan Ali said.

Being informed, fire service personnel from Mithapukur Fire Service and Civil
Defense Station and police personnel from Barodorga Highway police station
rushed to the spot and recovered two bodies. They also rescued five injured
persons and salvaged the badly damaged passenger bus and truck.
 
The injured persons were sent to Mithapukur Upazila Health Complex and
Rangpur Medical College Hospital.

"Identities of the two deceased male persons aged around 38 and 52 years
could not be known immediately," the OC said, adding that a case was filed in
this connection.