Seven, including six of same family, killed in Rajbari road accident

At least seven people, including five members of the same family, were killed and another person was injured in a road accident on the Rajbari-Kushtia regional highway in Kalukhali area in Rajbari on Wednesday

The accident took place as a truck, an easy bike and a car collided in front of the fire service office in Chandpur area on the highway at about 9:15am, said Kalukhali police officer-in-charge Nazmul Hasan.

He said that all the deceased, four women, two children and a man, were passengers of the easy bike.

Six of the deceased were from the same family and the rest was the driver of the easy bike.

‘The deceased were identified as Mosiron Begum, 60, wife of Motaleb Hossain, their daughters Moriyom Begum, 45, and Morjina, 40, Morjina's sons, Yusuf Ali, 5, and Nayon, 10, and her daughter Shila, 20, and the autorickshaw driver M Nasir Uddin, 35, son of Boshir. They all were residents of village Puijor under Pangsha upazila in Rajbari,’ said Rajbari additional superintendent of police (Pangsha circle) Sumon Shaha.

Vehicular movement on the highway remained snapped till filing this report at about 11:30am.

Nazmul Hasan said that the truck was going to Kushtia from Dhaka and the easy bike was going to Dhaka from Kushtia while the car was behind the easy bike.

During accident the truck driver lost control and hit the easy bike which was mangled.

Then the truck hit the car.

Three people died on the spot and their bodies were kept at a nearby police outpost.

Three people died at Kalukhali upazila health complex where their bodies were kept for post-mortem examinations while the rest died while undergoing treatment at Faridpur Medical College Hospital.

The injured, a passenger of the car, was undergoing treatment at Faridpur Medical College Hospital, the OC said.

‘Soon after the accident the truck driver and his assistant escaped the scene; but we are trying to arrest them,’ the OC said.

Legal action would be taken in this regard, he added.

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