BSS
  08 Jan 2024, 18:59

Two killed in Sirajganj road accident

SIRAJGANJ, Jan 8, 2024 (BSS) - Two people were killed in a head-on collision

between a locally made engine run three-wheeler Nasimon and battery-run auto
rickshaw on the Hatikumrul-Banpara highway in Hamkuria area under Tarash
upazila of the district today.
 
One of the deceased was identified as battery-run auto rickshaw driver Saidur
Rahman, 27, son of Amir Hossain of Bara Belai village of Handyal union under
Chatmohar upazila while identity of another victim could not be known
immediately.

Officer-in-charge (OC) of Hatikumrul Highway Police Station Abdul Wadudu said
the accident occurred when a battery-run auto rickshaw and a shallow engine-
run Nasimon collided head-on in the area around 2:30pm this afternoon,
leaving auto rickshaw driver Saidur Rahman and an unidentified woman dead on
the spot.

Police recovered the bodies from the spot, the OC said.

Police also seized the vehicles, the OC added.