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Couple killed in Jhenaidah road crash

  • Staff Correspondent
  • 29 March, 2023 12:00 AM
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Couple killed in Jhenaidah road crash

A couple was killed and two others including their daughter were injured in a collision between an engine run van and a fish-laden pickup van in Jhenaidah’s Kaliganj Upazila on Tuesday.

 The deceased were identified as Sabdar Ali, 55, and his wife Parveena Khatun, 45, from Bishoykhali village in Jhenaidah Sadar Upazila.

The accident took place when they were taking their ailing daughter Sathi Khatun to see a doctor on a battery-run rickshaw van for Jashore, said Officer-in-Charge of Kaliganj Police Station Abdur Rahim Molla.

The Fire Service and Civil Defence members rescued Sabdar Ali, Sathi Khatun, their daughter and grandson and van driver Karim, and admitted them to the Kaliganj Upazila Health Complex. Parveena Khatun dead on the spot while Sabder Ali succumbed to his injuries on the way to Jashore General Hospital, the OC said.