BSS
  21 Jun 2022, 19:20

2 killed in a road accident in Rajshahi

RAJSHAHI, June 21, 2022 (BSS) - Two persons were killed and ten others injured when a truck collided head-on with a human hauler at Ghoshpur area on Rajshahi-Natore highway under Puthiya Upazila in the district here this afternoon.

Police sources said, the deceased were identified as Sumon Zaman, 38, and Rashedul Islam, 30.

The injured persons were admitted to Puthiya Upazila Health Complex and Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH).

Mofakkarul Islam, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Highway Police said, a Rajshahi-bound speeding truck collided head-on with the human hauler around 3.20 pm killing one on the spot and injuring eleven others. All the injured persons were sent to the RMCH where Rashedul succumbed to his injuries, he said.

Islam also said, the driver of the truck, however, managed to flee from the spot just after the accident.