Road crashes kill two

Mob puts up barricade on Jessore road, vandalises 25 vehicles

4 July 2010, 18:00 PM

Metro Desk

At least two people were killed and three others injured in separate road accidents in Manikganj and Jessore. Our Manikganj Correspondent reports: At least two people were killed and two others injured in a road accident at Medulia area under Singair upazila of the district on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Atik, 25, a college student, son of Moslem Uddin of Char Azimpur village and Raihan, 15, also a school student, son of Ayub Ali of Bati-Joymontop village under Singair upazila. Officer-in-Charge Shafiqur Rahman of Singair Police Station said the accident occurred at around 9:15pm on Saturday when two motorcyclists were overtaking each other on Hemayetpur- Singair road, leaving two dead on the spot and injuring two others. Injured Farhad, 27, and Sohel, 20, were admitted to a local health complex. Our Jessore Correspondent Says: Local people and students went on a rampage yesterday following a road accident that left a student seriously injured at Churamonkati area under Sadar upazila of the district. Sources said at around 8:00am yesterday a Meherpur bound bus hit Shakil Ahmad, 14, a class nine student of Churamonkati High School on Jessore-Jhenidah high way. Shakil was rushed to Jessore General Hospital, but later he was sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in a critical condition. On spreading the news, the agitated people along with the students barricaded the highway in demand of a speed breaker. They also vandalized at least 25 vehicles that halted the vehicular movement for 4 hours on the highway. However, the agitated people removed the barricade from the highway at around 1:00pm, after administration officials and police personnel's assured them of constructing a speed breaker on the spot within 24 hours.