Four members of the same family met their tragic fates in a road accident when they were taking an ill-stricken family member to the hospital in Tangail town.
The accident occurred when a bus rammed a CNG-run three-wheeler carrying the four at the Rabna bypass area on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway Friday afternoon.
Al Amin, headmaster of a primary school in Bhuapur, had set out to admit his ailing mother Saleha Begum to the Tangail General Hospital. Accompanying him were his wife Sheuli Khatun, also a primary school teacher, sister Hajera Khatun and father Sohrab Hossain.
But alas the accident en route killed all but two—Al Amin’s sister Hajera Khatun and the three-wheeler driver Md Ferdous.
Kamal Hossain, in-charge of Elenge Highway police outpost, confirmed the matter to Dhaka Tribune.
He said: “Al Amin along with his family was headed to the Tangail General Hospital from Bhuapur upazila. When they were crossing the Rabna bypass area, a bus of Shoikot Paribahan rammed the CNG-run three-wheeler carrying them.”
Six people were rescued to the Tangail General Hospital, where Al Amin succumbed to his injuries.
Meanwhile, the three others who were referred to a Dhaka hospital died en route one by one.
Police seized the bus but its driver and his assistant have fled the scene, the police official added.
Shah Alam Sarkar, an associate of Al Amin, said: “Al Amin set out for Tangail General Hospital to admit his ailing mother there when the accident occurred.”
Besides, a 65-year-old woman was run over by a bus on Tangail-Mymensingh road near Athadana area in Ghatail upazila on Friday noon.
The deceased, identified as Khuki Begum was the wife of Meher Ali from the upazila’s Sheikh Shimul village, said Ghatail police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Maksudul Alom.
“The elderly woman was run over by a Bogra-bound bus while she was crossing road. Police detained the bus, but the driver managed to flee the scene.” added the OC
Two others killed in Sirajganj crash Thursday night
Two people were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a pickup van on the Nalka-Sirajganj road in Sadar upazila of Sirajganj on Thursday night.
The deceased were identified as the pickup van driver Aktar Hossain and its owner Abdul Jabbar.
Confirming the matter, Sadar police station Sub-Inspector Mahbubur Rahman said the victims were severely injured and were admitted to Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib General Hospital after the accident.
Dr Faridul Islam, resident medical officer of the hospital, said Aktar died undergoing treatment at the hospital while Jabbar died on the way to Dhaka in critical condition.
