Two killed in Nilphamari road crash

Two people were killed and three others were injured in a road crash in Nilphamari Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.

The accident happened around 8am on the Nilphamari-Syedpur Highway at Jordorga area in the upazila .
The deceased were identified as Abu Taher, 52, son of Riaz Uddin, a resident of Bangalipur Nijpara area under Syedpur upazila, and Nur e Alam Siddique, son of Asad Ali Paramanik, from Naogaon district. 

Nur e Alam was an official of Mercantile Bank Nilphamari branch and Abu Taher was an office assistant of Upazila Fisheries Department.

Quoting locals, police said a CNG run autorickshaw from Sayedpur with four passengers was heading towards Nilphamari in the morning. On the way, when it reached in Jordarga area, it collided with a shallow-engine run tractor, leaving two autorickshaw passengers dead on the spot and three others critically injured.

On information, Fire service personnel rescued the injured persons and sent them to nearby hospital, they said.

Nilphamari Sadar Police Station officer-in-charge Tanvirul Islam said being informed, they have recovered the bodies from the spot and seized the autorickshaw.

Legal actions were being taken in this regard, added the OC.

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