At least two people were killed and three others were seriously injured in a road accident at Ishwardi in Pabna. The accident took place on the Ishwardi-Pabna highway in front of the Pabna Sugar Mills in Dashuria of the upazila around 9:00 pm on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Abdur Rauf Joyaddar Jahangir, 56, owner of Rita Photostat shop in Pabna and son of Hakim Sheikh of Kutipara, and Monwar Hossain Ranju, 55, son of Abul Hossain Sarkar of the same area.
According to police, a tractor came to a halt in front of the sugar mill on its way from Pabna to Ishwardi's Dashuria. Work was being done on the left side of the road to move it. A microbus (Dhaka Metro Ch-19-0204) coming from Pabna towards Ishwardi came and pushed the carrying tractor hard from behind. Five people, including the driver of the microbus, were seriously injured. Police and locals rescued the five injured and rushed them to Ishwardi Upazila Health Complex. The on-duty doctors declared Jahangir and Monwar Hossain dead.
Two other two injured were rushed to Pabna Hospital. Pakshi Highway Police in charge Moniruzzaman said that the tractorsand microbuses were seized and two people were arrested in this connection.