Magura road crash kills father, daughter

Magura Correspondent: A man and his daughter were killed and his wife was seriously injured in a road mishap in front of Arpara Brac office of the district`s Shalikha upazila on Thursday morning.

The deceased were identified as Sanjoy, official of a private organisation Jagaroni Foundation, and his five-year-old daughter Trisha.

The injured Tripti Das, wife of Sanjoy, was sent to Faridpur Medical College and Hospital in critical state.

Sub-Inspector (SI) Nasirul Islam of Magura Sadar Police Station said, "Sanjoy along with his wife and daughter was going to his father-in-law`s house at Arpara village by motorbike. He lost his control over the bike while he reached in front of Brac office and hit a roadside tree, leaving all of them critically injured.

Locals rushed them to Magura Sadar Hospital where attending doctors declared Sanjoy and his daughter Trisha dead, he added.

risingbd/Magura/Aug 25, 2016/Shahin/A K Azad