A Correspondent:
Kurigram: A woman and her daughter died and three others injured after a truck collided with an auto-rickshaw in Kurigram’s Bhurungamari upazila on Wednesday afternoon.
The accident happened on the Sonahat land port road at Ghuntighor of the upazila, said Bhurungamari Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Munirul Islam.
The deceased were identified as Momena Begum (45) and Munni Akhter (25) of Mahiganj Chandaniya village of the upazila.
According to eyewitnesses and police, passersby rescued the injured and took them to the Bhurungamari Upazila Health Complex. Doctors declared Munni dead at the hospital. Due to the severity of their inju-ries, doctors referred the other passengers to Rangpur. On the way to Rangpur, Momena succumbed to her injuries.
Police seized the truck, but the driver fled the scene.
The bodies were handed to the family after autopsies, OC said.
Legal action would be taken in connection with the incident, he said.
