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9 killed in Nilphamari road accident

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Published: 06:25, 18 June 2018   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
9 killed in Nilphamari road accident

Staff Correspondent, Rangpur: At least nine people were killed and 14 others were injured as a bus hit a pick-up van in Nilphamari on Sunday night.

The accident took place around 10.00am at Dhalagach in Syedpur bypass area of Syedpur upazila.

Four of the deceased were identified as Maruf, Shameem, Nur Islam and Al Amin.

According to sources, a Dhaka-bound bus hit a pick-up van and another bus ran over them, leaving eight of them dead on the spot and 15 others injured. Another died at the hospital.

The ill-fated pickup van was carrying a group of youths who were returning home from a picnic spot called Swapnapuri in neighbouring Dinajpur district, sources said.


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