SYLHET, June 18, 2025 (BSS) - Three persons including a woman and her son were
killed and dozens injured in separate road accidents in Sylhet today.
The accidents took place at Sreerampur under Moglabazar police station on the
Sylhet-Zakiganj road and at the Union Office Bazar of Zakiganj on the same
road.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Zakiganj Police Station Zahirul Islam Munna said a
microbus carrying a bride and groom collided head-on with an easy-bike in the
Zakiganj Union Office Bazar area in the afternoon.
Easy-bike driver Sabu Mia (50) died on the spot while twelve people including
the bride and groom got injured.
Sabu Mia, son of late Shafiqur Rahman, is a resident of Rarigram in
Barthakuri union of Zakiganj upazila.
The OC said the bodies of the deceased have been taken to Zakiganj Upazila
Health Complex and an autopsy report has been prepared. The injured have been
rescued and sent to the hospital.
Meanwhile, around 12:30 pm, a private car lost control and fell into a
roadside ditch on the same road in Sylhet's suburb of Sreeerampur. Jharna
Begum (35) and her 10-year-old child Siam Ahmed died on the spot.
Police said that the deceased Jharna Begum is the wife of Junaid Ahmed of
Akilpur village of South Surma.
Her husband and children were in the private car at the time of the accident.
The injured have been admitted to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College and
Hospital.