A Correspondent:
Naogaon: Five farmers were killed when a dump truck crashed into a battery-run van on Mohadevpur-Patnitala road in Mohadevpur upazila of Naogaon district on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Biren Pahan, 35, son of Koko Pahan, Ujjal Pahan, 38, son of Naren Pa-han, Bipul Pahan, 25, son of Jhatu Pahan, Sanju Urao, 45, son of Marang Orao and Biplab Bahan, 22, son of Jhatu Pahan of Nurpur area of the upazila.
The accident occurred at Patkhathi early in the morning when the dump truck hit the battery-run van carrying five people while they were heading towards Mohadevpur haat for selling their produced tur-meric, leaving two dead on the spot and three others injured, said Shahidul Islam, officer-in-charge of Mohadevapura Police Station.
The injured were taken to Mohadevpur Upazila Health Complex where the doctors declared him dead.
On information, police recovered the bodies.
Police could not arrest anyone as the dump truck driver and his helper managed to flee the scene.
Efforts are on to arrest the driver and his helper, said police.
