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Two killed in Natore road crashes
Greenwatch Desk
Accidents
2025-09-28, 3:33pm
Two people were killed and another was injured in separate road accidents in Lalpur upazila of Natore district on Sunday.
The deceased were identified as van driver Ershad Ali, 45, and pedestrian Bablu, 60, hailed from Maheshpur and Mohorkoya villages respectively in the upazila.
The injured was motorcyclist Nur Alam, 22.
Officer-in-Charge of Lalpur Police Station Rafiqul Islam said a Rajshahi-bound microbus from Ishwardi hit a rickshaw-van at Chinir Bottola area, leaving Ershad dead on the spot as he fell under the vehicle’s wheels around 12:30am.
Earlier in Koilardahar area, pedestrian Bablu was critically injured after being hit by a motorcycle on local Bilmaria road.
He succumbed to his injuries on the way to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, reports UNB.
Police detained the microbus driver and legal action will be taken, said the OC.