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Army man among 2 dead in Rajshahi road accident
The accident occurred in Mohanpur upazila of Rajshahi
Rajshahi, Nov 01 -Two people, including an army member, were killed in a head-on-collision between a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and engine-run three-wheeler in Mohanpur upazila of Rajshahi, said police on Friday.
The accident took place on Thursday night, added police.
The deceased were identified as Md Palash, 21, son of Mamtajur Rahman and Abdul Kuddus, 40, son of Tota Hajji of Manda and Raninagar upazilas respectively of Naogaon.
Of them, Palash was a soldier of the Bangladesh Army while Kuddus an imam of a mosque.
Mohanpur police station OC Abdul Hannan said, the accident occurred around 9:30pm when the auto-rickshaw carrying the two collided with the three-wheeler coming from the opposite direction in Saipara area, leaving them critically injured.
Locals rushed them to Upazila Health Complex where physicians declared them dead upon arrival, he added.
The OC said they detained the three-wheeler driver in this connection.-UNB