Wife, son of municipality mayor killed in road crash Our Correspondent, Faridpur Our Correspondent, Faridpur
Three people, including the wife and son of a newly-elected municipality mayor, were killed as a microbus and a bus collided head-on on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Faridpur s Nagarkanda upazila last night.
Nimay Sarkar, who was elected mayor of the Nagarkanda municipality as an Awami League candidate in the February 14 polls, was also critically injured.
Omar Faruq, officer-in-charge of Bhanga Highway Police Station, said the accident happened in Kailar Mour area around 9:15pm.
He said the bus was heading towards Dhaka and the victims were travelling in the microbus going in the opposite direction.
Two school students killed in Faridpur road accident Star Online Report Star Online Report
Two eighth-graders were killed in a road accident on the Dhaka-Barishal Highway at Hamirdi under Bhanga upazila in Faridpur today.
The deceased were identified as Sakib Fakir (15) and Shahin Matubbar (16), both students of Brahman Kanda AS Academy in Bhanga, Faridpur, said MA Salam Mia, headmaster of the school.
The accident happened when a truck hit and ran over the motorbike Sakib and Shahin were riding, said Omar Faruk, officer-in-charge of Bhanga Highway Police Station.
Both of them were taken to Bhanga Upazila Health Complex with severe injuries where on-duty doctor declared them dead, the official added.
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Road crash claims 4 lives in Faridpur Our Correspondent, Faridpur Our Correspondent, Faridpur
Four people, including three women, were killed and 24 more injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Khulna highway at Bagail in Faridpur s Bhanga upazila yesterday.
The accident happened around 12:00 noon, said police, quoting locals.
The dead are Rashid Mollah, 58, of Chuadanga s Jibonnagar upazila, and Jahanara Begum, 48, of Faridpur s Nagarkanda upazila, said police.
Mohammad Omar Faruq, officer-in-charge of Bhanga Highway Police Station, said rest of the two could not be identified immediately.
According to the police official, a Barishal-bound bus of Duranta Paribahan hit a roadside island in the area as its driver lost control of the vehicle.
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