Separate accidents kill two in Tangail, Panchagarh

Two people, including an Ansar commander, were killed in separate road mishaps in Tangail and Panchagarh, police and witnesses said.

In Tangail, an Ansar commander identified as Shafiullah Mia, 47, was killed in a road accident in Delduar upazila. The victim was a Platoon Commander (PC) of Ansar members in charge of security at the office of Manoharganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) in Cumilla, police said. 

He faced the accident while he was walking through a street near his home on Delduar Road.

Sub-Inspector (SI) Mohammad Ali of Delduar Police Station said a running truck, losing its control over the steering, hit an electric pole that broke down on Shafiullah’s head, leaving him seriously injured.

Later, he was taken to a local hospital where attending doctors declared him dead.

Meanwhile, a motorcycle rider named Farhad Ahmed Siam, 30, was killed and another youth Mahfuz Hasan, 30, received serious injuries in a road accident 

in Panchagarh district on Thursday.

The accident occurred in the afternoon when their motorcycle collided head-on with a truck on Boda-Debiganj road at Battoli in Sarkar Para village of 

Chandanbari Upazila Parishad (UP) in Boda upazila of the district.

Siam succumbed to his injuries at Rangpur Medical College and Hospital and Mahfuz was undergoing treatment there.

Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Boda Upazila Azim Uddin confirmed.