2 killed in road mishaps in two districts

Two persons were killed and another injured in separate road accidents in Noakhali District and Gafargaon Upazila of Mymensingh District on Friday.

NOAKHALI: A seven-year-old boy was killed after being struck by an auto-rickshaw while crossing a road in Senbagh Upazila of the district on Friday afternoon.

The victim, identified as Md Samir, son of Md Sohag, was crossing the Dighirpar paved road in Ward No. 7 of Kesharpar Union when a speeding auto-rickshaw hit him, throwing him onto the road. He died on the spot.

Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Senbagh Police Station (PS) Md Shahjahan Kamal said the auto-rickshaw fled immediately after the accident. As the family filed no complaint, police handed over the body without an autopsy.

GAFARGAON, MYMENSINGH: An activist of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami was killed and another person injured in a head-on collision between two motorcycles on the Gafargaon-Hossainpur Asian Highway in the district on Friday.

The accident occurred around noon in the Galakata area of the upazila as Mehedi Hasan Kabir and his friend Raihan Mia were returning home after attending Friday prayers at Pagla Mosque in Kishoreganj, leaving them critically injured.

Locals rushed them to Gafargaon Upazila Health Complex, where emergency doctors declared Kabir dead. Raihan was admitted for treatment.

South Gafargaon Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Mawlana Emdadul Haque confirmed Kabir’s political affiliation.