FARIDPUR, March 4, 2021(BSS) – Three people including the wife and son
of newly-elected mayor of Nagarkanda municipality were killed as a microbus
and a bus collided head-on on the Dhaka-Khulna highway under Nagarkanda
upazila of the district last night.
Nimay Sarkar, who was elected mayor of the Nagarkanda municipality in
the February 14 polls, was also critically injured.
The deceased were identified as Sanchita Sarkar, 38, Gourab Sarkar, 23,
and neighbor Kamal Matubbor.
Omar Faruk, Officer-in-Charge of Bhanga Highway Police Station, said the
accident took place near Kailar Mour of Kaichail union when the microbus
collided head-on with the bus, leaving the three dead on the spot and Nimay
Sarker injured critically.
The bus was heading towards Dhaka and the victims were travelling in the
microbus going in the opposite direction.
Critically injured Nimay was first rushed to Bhanga Upazila Health
Complex, from where he was shifted to Faridpur Medical College Hospital.
Later, he was taken to Dhaka in a helicopter for better treatment, added the
OC.