4 killed in Rajshahi road mishap

Staff Correspondent :

At least four people, including a woman, were killed in a road accident on the Chapainawabganj-Dhaka Highway in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi Saturday morning.

Five others were also wounded in the accident.

The identities of the deceased were not known immediately, reports our Rajshahi staff correspondent.

The accident occurred around 9:45am when a Rajshahi-bound bus from Chapainawabganj rammed into a Chapainawabganj-bound tempo in time of overtaking a truck in Kamarpara area of the upazila, Godagari police chief Zakirul Islam said. All the victims are from the tempo.

Agitating locals blocked the highway nearly for an hour protesting the killings.

Normalcy came to the highway when police seized the bus.

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