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ACCIDENT-DEATH-RAJSHAHI (with picture)
3 killed, 20 injured in Rajshahi road crash
RAJSHAHI, Sept 21, 2018 (BSS)- Three people were killed and at least 20
others injured when a bus rammed into a truck stranded on roadside in Tarapur
area on Dhaka-Rajshahi highway under Puthiya Upazila in the district today.
Two of the deceased were identified as Rizu, 25, helper of the bus, and
Jakir Hossain, 28, driver of the truck. But, the identity of another deceased
could not be known immediately.
Police and locals said the injured people were sent to different nearby
healthcare centres and hospitals, including Rajshahi Medical College
Hospital.
The accident took place when a Dhaka-bound night coach of Shyamoly
Paribahan from Chapainawabgonj rammed into a sand-loaded stranded truck on
the road in early hours, Officer-in-Charge of Puthiya Police Station Shakil
Uddin Ahmed told reporters.
On information, he said, police and members of fire service and civil
defense rushed to the spot and conducted rescue operation with help of
locals.
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