2 killed in road accident

Dhaka, Feb 2 : Two men were killed in separate road accidents in Chapainawabganj and Jhenaidah on Tuesday.
The deceased were identified as Sumon Ali, 35, son of late Yusuf Ali of Rohonpur municipality’s Bhaatpara village of Gomostapur and Arif Sheikh, 60, son of late Abdur Rahman of Raninogor village under Shailkupa Upazila.
Sumon, a tractor driver, was killed in an accident in Mohananda River’s Bolga Ghat area near under Gomostapur Upazila in Chapainawabganj.
Gomostapur Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Selim Raza said the loaded tractor lost control and turn turtle on Mohananda River’s Bolga Ghat area. Sumon was killed on the spot.
Police recovered the body and filed a case at Gomostapur Police Station, the OC added.
In another accident, Arif was killed after a bus hit him at Shailkupa’s Borohaho area near Jhenaidah-Kushtia highway in the morning.
Shailkupa Police Station OC Jahangir Alam said a Kushtia-bound bus from Jhenaidah hit the man while he was crossing the road.
Police recovered the body and handed it over to the family. No case was filed, reports UNB.