Couple killed in Panchagarh road crash

A couple was killed as a microbus hit a rickshaw van at Proshika crossing area on Debiganj-Domar highway in Debiganj upazila of Panchagarh on Thursday afternoon.

The deceased are Kaim Uddin, 45, a rickshaw van puller, and his wife Anowara Begum, 37, reports UNB.

Robiul Hasan Sarkar, officer-in-charge of Debiganj police station, said when the van puller along with his wife was returning home from Debiganj town a speeding microbus hit the van, leaving the duo critically injured.

Being rescued by locals, they were taken to Debiganj Upazila complex where physicians pronounced the husband dead and referred the wife to Rangpur Medical College Hospital. Later, she died on way to RMCH.