BRTC bus kills father, son in Rajshahi
A man and his son were killed when the motorcycle they were on was ran over by a Bangladesh Road and Transport Corporation (BRRC) bus in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi.
The deceased are Saju Mia, 40, a resident of Nandanpur village of Ghoraghat upazila in Dinajpur and his son Abdullah Alif, 12.
The accident took place at Baslitala in Bijoynagar around 9am Thursday.
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Saju Mia was an employee of Deepashikha NGO Godagari Bijoynagar branch. Alif was a 7th-grade student of Rajabarihat High School.
Godagari police station Officer-in-charge (OC) Kamrul Islam said the duo was waiting at the spot to start their journey to Alif's school.
"Both died on the spot when a Rajshahi-bound BRTC bus from Chapainawabganj ran over them and hit a nearby tree," he said.
The police have recovered the bodies and sent them to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.
The bus has been seized. However, its driver fled the scene.
