2 die in Magura road accidents

Two people were killed in separate road accidents on the Magura-Jhenaidah road on Friday, reports UNB.

The deceased were identified as Amaresh Basu, 62, and Rasul Sikder, 48.

Magura sadar police station officer in charge (OC) Manjurul Alam said Rasul died after being hit by a moving truck while out for a walk for along the Magura-Jhenaidah road.

Meanwhile, Amaresh, a fertilizer trader of Alamkhali Bazar, was seriously injured in the morning when he was hit by a Nasimon (vehicle developed by Bangladeshi village mechanics) on a different stretch of the Magura-Jhenaidah road, near Rautara.

He died on the way to Dhaka later in the day, after initially being treated at a local medical facility.

Two separate cases were registered at the Magura police station.