Three killed in road mishaps in two districts

Three people were killed and one was injured in separate road accidents in Magura and Naogaon districts in two days.

MAGURA: A 40-year-old physically disabled man was killed and a rickshaw puller seriously injured when a passenger bus rammed their rickshaw from behind in Magura Sadar Upazila at around 7:30 am on Tuesday.

The deceased Nawab Hossain was a resident of Kalishankarpur Village. The accident occurred near Bhitashair Model Mosque as he was travelling towards Magura town.

According to police, a local Tanisha Paribahan bus travelling from Jashore to Magura struck the rickshaw from behind. The rickshaw became trapped under the bus’s wheels and was dragged for about 100 metres before being thrown off the road.

Locals rescued Hossain and the puller, identified as Ruhul, 32, and took them to Magura 250-bed Hospital, where doctors declared Hossain dead. Ruhul remains under treatment.

Police have seized the bus and said legal proceedings are underway. Hossain’s body has been kept at the hospital morgue.

NAOGAON: Two motorcyclists were killed in a head-on collision between two speeding motorcycles in Niamatpur Upazila of the district on Monday afternoon.

The accident occurred around 5 pm near Sangail Mor in Hajinagar Union, between Sangail and Mohammadpur villages. The victims were identified as Habibur Rahman, 20, of Mushinda Shalbari Village, and Nurul Islam, alias Nur Salam, of Sangail Village. Both died on the spot.

Officer-in-Charge of Niamatpur Police Station said the bodies were handed over to their families after legal formalities were completed, as no complaints were filed by the families.