2 killed in accident while heading to burial in Bogura
The accident left 13 others injured
Two people were killed and 13 others injured in a road crash involving a microbus and a bus at Abiler Bazar in Kishoreganj upazila of Nilphamari on Friday morning.
The deceased are identified as Zahurul Islam, 65, and his sister Anowara Begum, 57.
They were heading to Bogura's Mokamottola for the burial of a family member scheduled for Friday from Jaldhaka upazila of Nilphamari in a microbus.
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Officer-in-Charge of Kishoreganj Police Station Harun-or-Rashid said the accident took place in the morning while the microbus carrying 16 people collided head-on with a bus coming from Dhaka near Abiler Bazar, leaving Zahurul and Anowara dead on the spot and 13 others injured.
The injured were admitted to Rangpur Medical College Hospital, said the OC.
Of the injured, the condition of five was stated to be critical, said Zakir Hossain, son of the deceased Zahurul Islam, quoting doctors.
