NETRAKONA, Jan 26, 2024 (BSS) - Two persons, including a police constable, were killed and six persons injured in a road accident in Joushi area, seven kilometers west off from here, on the Netrakona-Mymensingh highway today. Police and witnesses said the accident occurred when a Mymensingh-bound CNG-run auto-rickshaw from Netrakona collided head-on with a private car came from the opposite direction. Being informed, two separate rescue teams of police and fire service personnel from Netrakona district headquarters rushed to the scene and recovered the bodies and injured ones and sent to Netrakona sadar hospital, they said. The dead were Azizul Hakim, 35, police constable of Fakirer Bazer police investigation center under Barhatta police station in the district, and Faruk Miah, 22, driver of the CNG-run auto-rickshaw, they added. Additional police super Mohammad Lutfor Rahman said they seized both the vehicles.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha January 26, 2024 15:18 UTC