Road crash kills 2

Road accident illustration by Prothom Alo
Road accident illustration by Prothom Alo

Two people were killed when a private car carrying them plunged into a roadside ditch at Shyamsundar in Kalukhali upazila of Rajbari early Thursday, reports UNB.

The deceased are Manir Hossain, 32, driver of the car and son of Hashem Molla from Manikganj and Ripon Quadir, 30, son of Swajan Kazi from Mirzapur, Tangail.

SM Abu Farhad, officer-in-charge of Kalukhali police station, said the accident took place around 1:30am when a Khalukhai-bound car plunged into a roadside ditch as its driver lost control over the steering, leaving both the driver and the passenger dead on the spot.

On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to local hospital morgue for autopsy.

Ripon met the tragic incident while going to his father-in-law's house in Kalukhali, said the OC.