RANGPUR, June 29, 2019 (BSS) – Three motorcyclists were killed in a road accident at Shothibari Filing Station point on the Rangpur-Dhaka Highway in Mithapukur upazila of the district last night.
“The accident occurred when a Dhaka-bound night coach from Rangpur hit a motorcycle carrying the three youths while overtaking another vehicle there at around 10:30 pm,” Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Mithapukur Thana Md. Jafar Ali told BSS today.
Two of the youths, Murad Hossain, 35, and Madhu Mian, 30, of nearby village
Shothibari Haripur in the upazila, were killed on the spot while another one
named Sambhu, 28, of the same village was critically wounded.
Being informed, police rushed to the spot, rescued injured youth Sambhu and
sent him to Rangpur Medical College Hospital, where he succumbed to his
injuries after midnight.
“We have seized the night coach and efforts were on to nab its absconding
driver and helper,” the OC said adding, a case was filed in this connection
with Mithapukur Thana today.