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Two people have been killed in a head-on collision between a microbus and a maize-laden truck in Shajahanpur of the district. Seven others who were in the microbus were injured in the incident.
The accident took place in the Noymile bus stand area on the Dhaka-Bogura highway at around 4am on Thursday.
The deceased are microbus driver Ferdous Mondal, 25, son of Faruk Mondal of Gopinathpur village in Akkelpur upazila of Joypurhat, and Zubayedul Islam, 30, son of Haser Ali of Barail village in the same upazila.
Ayub Ali, officer-in-charge of Sherpur Highway Police, confirmed this information to BSS.
Police said seven relatives of a man who had returned from abroad were going back to Akkelpur in Joypurhat with him from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. At around 4am today, the microbus reached the Noymile bus stand area and mistakenly entered the opposite lane of the highway. At that time, the microbus collided head-on with a maize-laden truck coming from the opposite direction.
Microbus driver Ferdous Mondal and passenger Zubayedul Islam died on the spot in the collision. The seven injured have been rescued and admitted to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogura.
OC Ayub Ali said the process of taking legal action over the incident is under way.
