9 killed in Nilphamari road accident

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NILPHAMARI, June 18, 2018 (BSS) – At least nine people were killed and 11
others injured when a passenger bus hit a pick-up van at Dholagach in
Syedpur-Bypass road under Syedpur upazila of the district last night.

The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.

Officer-in-charge (OC) of Syedpur Thana Police Shajahan Pasa said the
accident occurred in the area around 10:15 pm when a passenger bus hit the
pick-up van carrying some young people from the opposite direction and fell
into roadside as the driver lost control over the steering, leaving eight
persons dead on the spot, while another succumbed to his injuries on the way
to hospital and 11 others injured.

The injured were taken to Rangpur Medical College Hospital and Syedpur
100-bed Hospital, police said.

The young people hired the pick-up van for making a joyous trip on the
occasion of Eid and met the tragedy while returning home from Shopnopuri in
Dinajpur, police added.