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Two children killed in Dinajpur road crash
Two children were killed and three others including their mothers were injured after a CNG-run auto-rickshaw crashed into a truck in Kanagari Bazar highway area of Dinajpur’s Ghoraghat upazila early Thursday
The deceased were identified as Abdullah, 4, son of Mohammad Shamsul Haque of Rashidpur village in Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat, and Arifa, 4, daughter of Al Amin of Baro Aria Matikata village in Hakimpur upazila of Dinajpur.
Officer-in-Charge of Ghoraghat Police Station Shahidul Islam said two families were going to relatives’ homes in Bhaduria area of Nawabganj upazila in Dinajpur after travelling from Dhaka by coach.
While travelling through the area amid rain, the auto-rickshaw hit the rear of a slowly moving truck and overturned after losing control, said witnesses.
Doctors at the upazila health complex declared the two children dead on arrival.
The injured were Dulali Begum, 20, mother of Abdullah, and Farida Begum, 25, mother of Arifa.
Both were given primary treatment at the upazila health complex before being referred to Dinajpur Medical College Hospital, reports BSS.
The CNG driver also sustained minor injuries, police said.