2 killed, 6 hurt in Sherpur road accident

Jago News Desk Published: 3 September 2017, 08:57 AM
2 killed, 6 hurt in Sherpur road accident

Two people were killed and six others injured in a road accident at Tetultala Bazar in Jhenaigati upazila on Saturday night.

Witnesses said the accident took place when a battery-run auto-rickshaw collided with a private car around 8 pm, leaving auto-rickshaw passenger Haji Shaheb Ali, 55, hailing from Ghaghra village in Jhenaigati upazila, dead on the spot and seven others of both the vehicles injured, BSS reported.

One of injured, Firoz Miah, 42, of Patalpur village, died on the way when they were being moved to hospital, said officer-in-charge of Jhenaigati Police Station Biplab Kumar Biswas.