Road crashes kill two

Metro Desk
Two minor boys were killed and another schoolgirl was injured in separate road accidents in Rajshahi and Thakurgaon yesterday. Our staff correspondent from Rajshahi reports: A six-year-old boy was killed as a speedy truck crushed him while he was going to polling centre with his mother on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj road at Godagari upazila yesterday. The deceased is identified as Mehedi Hasan, son of Mamunur Rashid of Chhayghati village of Deopara. Our Thakurgaon correspondent adds: A primary school student was killed and his fellow injured as a goods-laden truck hit them while they were going to school on Thakurgaon-Haripur road at Birgarh village of Haripur upazila yesterday. The deceased was identified as Shajib, 7, son of Neki Mohammad of Birgarh village of Haripur upazila.