Two dead, four injured in Rangpur road crash


FE Team | Published: October 02, 2017 10:37:59 | Updated: October 24, 2017 07:38:12


Google map showing Rangpur district.

Two people died and at least four were injured after a pickup and a truck collided head-on in Rangpur, police have said.

The accident occurred in Mithapukur Upazila’s Jaigirhat Bus Stand area around 4:15am on Monday, said Borodoroga Highway Police Outpost OC Hafizur Rahman.

The dead, one man and one woman, have yet to be identified, reports bdnews24.

The casualties were all passengers of the pickup, who came from Bogra.

The pickup was carrying eight to ten passengers from Rangpur to Bogra when it crashed into a fertiliser truck speeding from the opposite direction. Two died on the spot and four were sent to Rangpur Medical College Hospital, said OC Hafizur.

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