Four killed in Rangpur, Thakurgaon road accidents

Four persons, including two motorcyclists, were killed in separate road accidents at different places in Rangpur and Thakurgaon districts today, police sources said.In Rangpur, two motorcyclists were killed on the spot when a Syedpur bound coach “Nabil Paribahan’ from Dhaka crushed the motorcycle at Hajirhat point on the Rangpur-Dinajpur highway in the city at 6:40 pm this evening.Being informed, Kotwali police rushed to the spot, seized the killer coach, recovered the bodies and sent those to the Rangpur Medical College Hospital morgue for conducting autopsy.Police could not ascertain indentifies of the two deceased male motorcyclists immediately. In Thakurgaon, pedestrian Belal Hossain, 28, son of Shamsul Haque of village Shibganj under Sadar upazila of Thakurgaon was killed on the spot after a motorcycle hit him in front of Thakurgaon Hospital this morning. Besides, an unidentified trolley driver was killed on the spot when he lost control over the steering and the vehicle fell down into the roadside ditch at Turukpata village under sadar upazila of Thakurgaon at around 11 am today.Separate cases have been filed in these connections with the concerned police stations, the sources said.BSS, Rangpur