At least four persons were killed in a road accident in Taltala area of Bogura-Rangpur Highway under Gobindaganj upazila in the district on Saturday (April 21) afternoon.

Aminul Islam, Officer-in-charge (OC) of the Gobindaganj highway thana confirmed the matter. 

Police said a Rangpur-bound passenger bus coming from Dhaka ran over a CNG-run auto-rickshaw coming from opposite direction in the area, leaving the CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver dead on the spot.

Later, seriously injured three passengers of the auto-rickshaw died on the way to hospital. The identities of the three victims could not be known immediately.

Being informed, police of Gobindaganj Highway Thana rushed to the spot and detained the bus driver.

BDST: 2030 HRS, APR 21, 2023
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