JUST student among 3 killed in Jashore road accident

Staff Reporter :
Three persons including two students of Jessore University of Science and Technology (JUST) were killed and two others injured when a Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) truck rammed a van on the Jessore-Chaugacha Road beside the Churamonkathi level crossing in the district.
The victims have been identified as Farzana Islam Sumi, 22, a third year student of Petroleum and Mining Engineering Department of Jessore University of Science and Technology (JUST), Zohra Begum, 55, of Komlapur village under sadar upazila, and van driver Masum Hossain, 28.
According to locals, they were travelling to
Beltola of Chougachha on a van when a speeding truck of Bangladesh Agricultural Develop-ment Corporation (BADC) rammed their vehicle, leaving three dead.
Confirming the incident, Kotwali Model Police Station Officer in Charge Tajul Islam said police seized the killer truck.
Two others were injured in the accident. They have been undergoing treatment at Jessore General Hospital, OC added.