JAMALPUR, July 19, 2026 (BSS)- Two persons were killed and four others 
injured in a road accident on Jamalpur-Dewanganj road under Melandah upazila 
of the district this afternoon.

One of the deceased was identified as Monowara Begum, 50, wife of Majibar 
Rahman in Dewanganj upazila but the identity of the other deceased could not 
be known immediately.

The accident occurred when a CNG-run auto-rickshaw, coming Jamalpur town with 
five passengers from Dewanganj, collided head-on with an engine-driven 
trolley at 1:45 pm in Betmari Taltola under Melandah upazila, leaving two 
women passengers of the auto-rickshaw dead and injuring four others on the 
spot, said ATM Mahmudul Haque, officer-in-charge (OC) of Melandah Police 
Station. 

The injured were admitted at Jamalpur General Hospital, emergency unit on-
duty doctor Ujjal Kumar Sarkar confirmed.

The wounded Majibar Rahman, 55, Jibon Miah, 35, Shafiqul Islam, 40 and Fatema 
Aktar, 52, are being treated at the hospital, he added.