Three college students killed in Jashore road accident

Three college students were killed in a road accident in Natunhat Bazar area on the Jashore-Benapole highway under Sadar upazila of the district on Friday night.

The deceased were identified as Asif, 19, son of Saiful Islam, resident of Arenda village, Arman Hossen, 19, son of Nazir Ali and Salman, 19, son of Alomgir Hossen, resident of Durgapur village in Jashore Sadar upazila, reports BSS.

The all deceased are second year students of Natunhat Public College.

The accident occurred when a Benapole-bound Paribahan hit the motorcycle coming from the opposite direction in the area around 9:30 pm, leaving two motorcyclists Asif and Arman dead on the spot, said Md. Moniruzzaman, officer-in-charge (OC-Investigation) of Jashore Kotwali Model thana.

 Another motorcycle rider Salman succumbed to his injury in Jashore 250 bed general hospital, he said.

The bodies were kept at the hospital morgue.

A case was filed.