5 killed in Gopalganj road accident

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GOPALGANJ, Feb 14, 2020 (BSS) – At least five people were killed and
seven others injured in a road accident at Gopalganj’s Kashiani upazila this
morning.

The victims were identified as Bodir, 30, Mizan Fakir 43, Sumon, 28,
Sirazul Islam 40 and Robiul, 40, all residents of Parulia area of Kashiani.

The incident took place around 8am on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Pona
Bus Stand area, Azizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Kashiani Police Station
said.

The accident occurred in the area as a Dhaka-bound bus of Falguni
Paribahan rammed into a three-wheeler (Nosimon) coming from the opposite
direction carrying day-labourers, leaving one dead on the spot and 11 others
seriously injured.

Four of them died on the way to the Kashiani Upazila Health Complex and
Faridpur Medical College Hospital.

The seven injured were admitted to hospitals.