Five Women Among Six Dead in Natore Road Tragedy

At least six people, including five women and a man, were killed and one was injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a microbus at Baraigram upazila in the district today. The accident took place when a Dhaka-bound microbus and a Bonpara-bound truck collided head-on at Sreerampur area on the Bonpara-Hatikumrul Highway at 10 am. The identities of the deceased and injured could not be known immediately. Deputy Assistant Director Akter Hossain of Natore Fire Service and Civil Defence Station confirmed that five of the deceased were women and one was the driver of the microbus. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Bonpara Highway Police Station Ismail Hossain said five of the victims, including the microbus driver, died on the spot while one woman succumbed to her injuries at the Baraigram Upazila Health Complex. The lone injured passenger was sent to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital for treatment. Highway police said the microbus got twisted in the collision, killing six passengers and injuring another. The truck was seized, but the driver managed to flee the scene.