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Kushtia road crash claims two lives
A biker and a cyclist were killed in a head-on collision in Kushtia on Thursday night.
A biker and a cyclist were killed in a head-on collision in Kushtia on Thursday night, police said.
The deceased were identified as Akib Hossain, an engineering student of Kushtia Polytechnic Institute, and Shobuj Hossain, a worker of Kiam Metal factory.
The accident occurred around 11pm when Akib, a resident of Kahajanagar Madrasa Para, was riding the bike home.
"The biker crashed into Shobuj’s bicycle near the Fuji Ice-cream intersection in the Kumargara area," said Idris Ali, officer-in-charge of Kushtia Highway police station.
Locals rushed both of them to Kushtia General Hospital where they succumbed to their injuries around 11.30pm.
The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, said OC Idris.