Road accident kills three of a family in Tangail

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TANGAIL, Oct 16, 2018 (BSS) – Three members of a family were killed and
five others injured as a truck, carrying the people, plunged into a roadside
ditch on the Dhaka-Tangail highway in Mirzapur Upazila of the district this
morning.

Sub Inspector of Gorai Highway Police Motiur Rahman said the accident took
place in Shuvullai area when the truck plunged into the ditch as its driver
lost control over the steering, leaving the trio dead on the spot and injured
five others.

The deceased were identified as Nironzon Mali, 35, his wife Shagori, 25,
and their daughter Sharna, 7, residents in Khetlal area in Joypurhat
district. They were returning home to celebrate Durga Puja.

The injured were released after getting primary treatment at Mirzapur
Kumudhini Medical College and Hospital, he said.