Two youths killed in Rajbari road accident

Two youths killed in Rajbari road accident

Two youths were killed in a road accident in Rajbari district town on early Thursday.

The deceased were identified as Azizur Rahman, 22, and his cousin Matiur Rahman, 35, of Shailakupa upazila in Jhenaidah.

Four other passengers of the vehicle, including its driver, sustained injuries in the road accident.

The accident took place at about 5:15am on Rajbari-Kushtia Road when the three-wheeler vehicle with six passengers overturned after the driver lost control, leaving the duo dead on the spot and the others injured, said Sadar police sub-inspector Moazzem Hossain.

The injured had been hospitalised, he said.

‘The vehicle has been seized and the driver has been arrested,’ he added.