BAGERHAT, July 23, 2021 (BSS) - Six people died and another was injured as a truck and a battery-run three-wheeler collided head-on in front of Bailtoli Primary School on Dhaka-Khulna Highway in Fakirhat upazila here this morning.

 
Khairul Anam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Fakirhat Police Station, said the accident took place around 7.45 am when a truck coming from the opposite direction hit the Fakirhat bound easybike carrying passengers from Noapara, leaving 6 passengers including the driver dead on the spot.

Of the six deceased, four people were indentified immediately.

They were : Utpal Raha, 45, son of Dilip Raha of Naldha Maubhog area of Fakirhat, Nayan Dutta, 25, son of Jagadish Dutta of the same area, Abdul Hai, 55, son of Ohiduzzaman of Chaksi Bazar of Shrifaltala union of Rampal upazila and Nazrul Islam Sheikh, 50, son of Montaz Sheikh of South Khanpur area of Bagerhat Sadar.

The injured passenger named Nur Mohammad, 60, was admitted to Fakirhat Hospital.
Mollahat Highway Camp OC Sheikh Abul Hasan said the bodies would be handed over to the families after autopsy.

Police nabbed the 20 years old truck driver Osman Gani, he added.