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2 college students killed in Gazipur motorcycle accident

News Desk Accidents 2023-01-20, 6:12pm

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Two college students were killed as their motorbike tipped on its side and crashed into a railing of a bridge in Gazipur's Sreepur upazila Friday.





Two college students were killed as their motorbike tipped on its side and crashed into a railing of a bridge in Gazipur's Sreepur upazila Friday, police said.

The deceased – Siam, 18, from Kapasia upazila of the district and Shakil Hossain, 18, from Pakundia upazila of Kishoreganj – were students of BGMEA College.

Mohammad Moniruzzaman, officer-in-charge of Sreepur police station, said the accident occurred around 9am when the bike tipped over and hit the railing of Dumni Pagla Bridge in Prahladpur union. "

The students died from the impact of the crash, he added. "The bodies were sent to the Sadar hospital morgue for autopsies."