College student dies in Panchagarh road accident

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A college student on Monday afternoon was killed in a head-on collision between a motorcycle and a three-wheeler in Panchagarh Sadar upazila, reports UNB.

The deceased was identified as Liton, 22. He is from Shukdevpara village in the Amarkhana union of the upazila.

Amarkhana union parishad chairman Nuruzzaman Nuru said Liton was on his way to hatbazar on a motorcycle when he collided head-on with a three-wheeler coming from the opposite direction at Shukdevpara village and was seriously injured.

The locals rushed him to Panchagarh Sadar Hospital. Later, he was being taken to Rangpur Medical College Hospital as his condition, but he died on the way, said Panchagarh Sadar police station’s officer-in-charge (OC) Abdul Latif Mia said.