Staff Reporter:
A woman, her two daughters, and an auto-rickshaw driver were killed after a passenger bus rammed into a battery-powered auto-rickshaw on the Netrakona–Mymensingh highway in Netrakona on Sunday.
The victims’ husband and father, along with four others, sustained injuries in the accident.
The crash occurred at around 11:30am at the Challisha Bypass intersection on the Netrakona–Mymensingh highway, Additional Superintendent of Police (special branch) and spokesperson for the district police Hafizul Islam confirmed.
The deceased were identified as Nurjahan, 50, wife of injured Ainul Haque, 60, and their two daughters, Smriti Akter, 18, Iti, 15, and the auto-rickshaw driver Rehan Mia.
The family hailed from Amli Keshabpur village under Rouha union in Netrakona Sadar upazila.
According to police and eyewitnesses, Nurjahan was traveling with family members in a battery-powered auto-rickshaw to her parental home in Challisha on Sunday morning. As they reached the Challisha Bypass intersection, a local bus traveling from Mymensingh to Netrakona crashed into the vehicle.
Nurjahan and her daughter Smriti Akter died on the spot. The injured were rushed to Netrakona Modern Sadar Hospital, where doctors later declared Iti dead.
Among those injured were Ainul Haque, the husband of Nurjahan, auto-rickshaw driver Rehan Mia, and several others. Critically injured victims were later transferred to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital for advanced treatment.
Following the accident, angry locals blocked the Netrakona–Mymensingh highway, disrupting traffic movement. The blockade was lifted after police and local administration officials arrived at the scene and assured protesters that a roundabout and speed breakers would be constructed at the Challisha Bypass intersection to improve road safety.
