A college girl was killed in a road accident in Hajir Morh area in Chirirbandar upazila of
the district on Monday.
The deceased was identified as Farhana Setu, 20, an Honours third-year student of
Zoology Department of Rangpur Carmichael University College, and daughter of Faizur
Rahman of Ghughumari area in Parbatipur upazila.
Officer-in-charge of Chirirbandar Police Station Abdur Rahman said a speeding truck
from the district town hit from behind a motorcycle Setu and her uncle were ridding in
the area around 2:00pm.
Setu slipped off the motorcycle and fell under the wheels of the running truck and died
on the spot.
However, the killer truck left the scene quickly after the accident.
A case was filed in this connection. -UNB, Dinajpur
Two people, including a minor girl, were killed and 20 others injured as a bus plunged
into a roadside ditch at Jamurki in Mirzapur upazila early Tuesday.
The deceased were identified as Abdul Majid, 65, a resident of Haribhanga village of
Panchagarh district, and Runa Akhter, 9, daughter of Rashedul Islam of Gazipur village of
Birganj upazila of Dinajpur.
Police and locals said a Dhaka-bound bus from Dinajpur skidded off the Dhaka-Tangail
Highway and fell into a ditch beside at about 5:00am after its driver lost control over the
steering, leaving the duo dead on the spot and 20 people injured.
Of the injured, critically five were rushed to Mirzapur Kumudini Hospital while seven
others were admitted to Mirzapur Upazila Health Complex.
The rest eight were given first aid.
On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to hospital morgue for
autopsy. -UNB, Tangail
