Two Killed in Separate Road Accidents in Magura
Two people were killed and two others injured in two separate road accidents in Sadar upazila here this morning.
The deceased was identified as Maria, 7, a first-grade student of Kechuadubi Government Primary School under the upazila and the identity of another deceased could not be known immediately.
In Ichakhada Dargah Gate area, an accident occurred around 8 am when a CNG-run auto-rickshaw collided head-on with a pickup, leaving CNG passenger and pickup van driver injured, police said.
The injured were taken to Magura Sadar Hospital where the on-duty doctor declared the passenger dead.
Meanwhile, schoolgirl Maria was killed and another schoolgirl Habiba, 8, injured when a bus of Golden Line Paribahan hit them in the Kechuadubi area on the Jashore-Magura highway around 11.30 am as the duo was returning home from their school.
Wounded Habiba was taken to Magura Sadar Hospital.
Sub-Inspector (SI) of Ramnagar Highway Police Station Mahbubur Rahman confirmed the matter.
