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ACCIDENT-SIRAJGANJ
7 killed, 22 injured in two separate accidents in Sirajganj
SIRAJGANJ, Nov 29, 2018 (BSS) – At least seven people were killed and 22
others injured in two separate road accidents in the past ten hours in the
district.
In the first incident, two truck drivers were killed as a truck collided
head-on with another truck in Saidabad area on Bangabandhu Bride West Link
Highway last night. Both the drivers died on the spot.
The deceased were identified as Arif Hossain, 22, resident of Tetulia
village under Jashore Sadar Thana and Morshedul Islam, 28, hailed from
Jahangirabad area in Shibganj Thana of Bogura district. Two others were also
injured in the accident.
In another incident, five women including a mother and her two daughters
were killed as a passenger bus collided head-on with a truck at Kaddar Mor’
on the Highway this noon.
The deceased were identified as Rehena Khatun, 40, her two daughters
Romana, 16 and Ridi, 12. They were the inhabitants of Pipulbaria village
under Sirajganj Sadar Upazila. The other deceased were identified as Aysha
Khatun, 30, hailed from Jarila village and Shiria Khatun, 55, a resident at
Chatiantoli village under Sadar Upazila. 20 people were also injured in the
accident.
The injured were admitted to Begum Fazillatunnesa Mujib Sader Hospital in
Sirajganj.
The condition of five patients is stated to be critical, hospital sources
said.
The bodies were sent to the hospital for autopsy.
BSS/CORR/PI/ARS/1714 hrs