BSS
  10 Feb 2024, 20:51

Five killed in Khulna road accident

KHULNA, Feb 10, 2024 (BSS) - Five people, including two women, died and two 
others were injured in a collision between a brick-laden truck and a three-
wheeler easy bike in Dumuria upazila of Khulna on Saturday afternoon.

The deceased were Easy bike driver Biswajit Biswas, 30, passengers Sabbir 
Moral, 23, Nipa Dali, 25, his mother-in-law Amori Rani Dhali, 55, and sister-
in-law Nipa Dhali, four-year-old Onni Biswas, hailing from several areas of 
the upazila.

The accident occurred at around 3:30pm when the vehicles collided head-on in 
Angardoha village in Kharniya union of the upazila, leaving two dead on the 
spot and five others critically injured.

Talking to BSS, Sukanta Saha, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Dumuria Police 
Station, said, on information police and fire fighting team rushed to the 
spot and took them to Dumuria health complex, where duty doctors declared 
Biswajit, Amori Dhali, Sabbir and Nipa Dhali dead. 

The other three were taken to Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) where 
duty doctors declared minor child Onni Biswas dead. Two other passengers 
Antim, 28, and minor boy Arijit, 6, were admitted to the hospital in critical 
condition.

Police already seized the truck, OC said, adding the truck driver managed to 
flee away.