Man, nephew killed in road accident in Thakurgaon
Thakurgaon Correspondent
A man and his nephew were killed in a road accident on Baliadangi-Thakurgaon road at Barodhali village in front of Keya Brick Field in Thakurgaon's Baliadangi in the wee hours of Friday .
The deceased were identified as Shahidul Islam (28), of Barunagaon village in Thakurgaon's sadar upazila and his brother's son Md Payel (18), who was also his salesman in his cotton shop, reports our Thakurgaon correspondent quoting Khairul Anam, officer-in-charge of Baliadangi Police Station.
Quoting fire service officials and locals, Khairul Anam told the Daily Star over phone that Shahidul and his nephew were returning home through Baliadangi-Thakurgaon on a motorbike.
When they reached the place around 11:00pm, their motorcycle likely collided head on with a bamboo-laden locally made human hauler, leaving them dead on the spot, he said.
On information, firefighters went to the spot, recovered the bodies and brought them to Balidangi Upazila Health Complex.
An unnatural death case was filed with the police station, OC said.
