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ACCIDENT-LALMONIRHAT
Five persons killed in Lalmonirhat road accident
RANGPUR, Feb 20, 2019 (BSS) – Five persons were killed in a fatal road
accident at Aiirkhamar point near Barobari on Rangpur-Kurigram highway in
Sadar upazila of Lalmonirhat district last night.
The accident occurred in the area at 9:30 pm last night when an auto
rickshaw was crushed by a Dhaka bound night coach from Kurigram from opposite
directions, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Lalmonirhat Sadar Thana Mahfuz Alam
told BSS today.
The night coach also plunged into the roadside ditch while its driver lost
control over the wheel, he said.
Five persons, mostly passengers of the auto rickshaw, including two men,
two women and one children were killed and four others were injured in the
accident, the OC said, adding that identity of the deceased could not be
known immediately.
The dead bodies and injured persons were sent to Kurigram and Lalmonirhat
District Sadar Hospitals.
A case was filed in this connection with Lalmonirhat Sadar police Station
today, he added.
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