3 killed in Sirajganj road accident

Three people were killed when a speeding truck hit a CNG-run three-wheeler on Nagarbari-Bogura highway at Shahzadpur upazila of Sirajganj early yesterday.

The deceased were Rashedul Islam (26) and Sakib Sheikh (17) from Dariapur Uttarpara and three-wheeler driver Ashik Ahmed (20) from Shahzadpur.

Hatikumrul Highway Police Station OC Shahjahan Ali said the accident took place around 3am. Police seized the truck but the driver managed to flee.

Our Dinajpur correspondent reports, a man was killed after being hit by a running train in Rangpur city yesterday morning.

The deceased is Md Wasim Ali (38), a resident of Rangpur Railway Slum at Patbari. Railway officials said the trucker was washing his vehicle near the rail track in Patbari area. He died on the spot when a Parbatipur junction-bound commuter train from Lalmonirhat hit him.