Two killed in road mishaps in two districts

Two persons were killed and two others injured in separate road accidents in Daulatpur Upazila of Kushtia District and Joypurhat District on Thursday.

DAULATPUR, KUSHTIA: A teenager was killed after his motorcycle lost control and slammed into a roadside palm tree in Daulatpur Upazila of the district on Thursday morning.

The deceased, Rokon Hossain, 18, son of Shariful Islam of Taragunia Madhyapara Village, was travelling from Shashidharpur towards Swaruppur around 10 am when the accident occurred in front of a local resident’s house in Swaruppur Village.

According to local sources, the motorcycle crashed into the tree at high speed, leaving Rokon with critical head injuries and severe blood loss. He was rushed to Daulatpur Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared him dead.
Police reached the scene and recovered the body. Preparations are underway for an autopsy.

JOYPURHAT: A 17-year-old motorcyclist was killed and two others seriously injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a motorcycle in the Kashiar Bari area on the Joypurhat-Hili road on Thursday morning.

The accident occurred when a Joypurhat-bound JR Paribahan bus travelling towards Panchbibi collided with an oncoming motorcycle. The victim, Ashif Hossain, son of Emran Hossain of Hatigara Village in Joypurhat Sadar, died on the spot.

The injured are Naim Hossain, 22, and Jihad Hossain, 22, both from the same village. They were taken to Joypurhat 250-bed General Hospital.

Angered by the crash, local residents and bus passengers vandalised the bus and set it on fire, bringing traffic on the Joypurhat-Hili road to a standstill. Fire service personnel later extinguished the blaze and helped restore traffic.

Officer-in-Charge of Joypurhat Sadar Police Station Nure Alam Siddiqui confirmed the incident.