BSS-26 BMDA driver killed in Naogaon road accident

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BMDA driver killed in Naogaon road accident

RAJSHAHI, Aug 4, 2020 (BSS)- A driver of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) was killed when his motorbike collided head-on with another bike near Naogaon district town this morning.

Jeep driver Mahbub Alam, 45, met the tragic accident at around 9.30 am while he was returning to his workplace in Rajshahi from his village home in Naogaon after Eid celebration.

He was immediately rushed to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

Meanwhile, a balloon vendor was killed and two others including a baby were injured in an incident of cylinder explosion at Bijor village under Charghat upazila in the district this morning.

Manik Uddin, Sub-Inspector of Police of Charghat Police Station, said balloon-vendor Mukter Hossain, 38, was killed on the spot in the explosion while he was pouring gas into a balloon from the cylinder around 9.30 am.

Two other injured persons identified as Zaheda Begum, 50, and one-year old boy Hamim Ahmed were undergoing treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. But, the condition of Hamim is stated to be critical, the police officer added.

BSS/AH/FI/ 1635 hrs