RAJSHAHI, Oct 28, 2020 (BSS)- Two persons, including a businessman, were killed and five others injured in two separate road accidents in the district today, police and hospital sources said.
The deceased were identified as Abdus Salam, 50, an onion businessman of Telipara village under Puthiya upazila and Nasir Uddin, 28, son of Idrish Ali of Kasimala village under Mohanpur upazila.
Businessman Salam met a fatal road accident when his motorbike collided head-on with a pickup van laden with betel leaf at Ujankhali village in Durgapur Upazila in the morning. He was immediately rushed to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital where succumbed to his injuries.
On the other hand, a Rajshahi-bound passengers’ bus suddenly knocked down pedestrian Nasir Uddin at Bidirpur village on Rajshahi-Naogaon highway under Mohanpur Upazila killing him on the spot. Five other people were also injured in the accident and they were admitted to RMCH.
Police seized the bus but its driver managed to escape, Mustaque Ahemd, Officer-in-Charge of Mohanpur Police Station, said.