Panchagarh road crash death toll rises to 11

Panchagarh road crash death toll rises to 11

Panchagarh, Oct 28 (Just News): A school teacher, who suffered injuries in a road accident at Dashmile in Sadar upazila of Panchagarh on Friday, died at Rangpur Medical College Hospital last night, raising the death toll to 11.

The deceased was identified as Majibur Rahman, 32, son of Md Abdul Kader, resident of Chowdhurygachh village in Shalbahanhat union of Tetulia upazila and an assistant teacher of Banglabandha Paglidangi Model High School.

He was undergoing treatment at the ICU of the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries around 10:00pm, said Rezaul Karim Shahin, chairman of Tetulia upazila Parishad.

Ten people were killed and 20 others including Majibur were injured as the Tentulia-bound bus from the district town collided head-on with the truck carrying electric poles from Bhajanpur in Sadar upazila on Friday evening.

(Justnews/ys/1120hr)