5 of a family among 7 killed in Jashore bus-easybike collision

News Desk :
Seven people, including two children, were killed in a collision between a bus and an easy bike (three-wheeler vehicle) at Lebutala in Jashore. There are five of them from the same family.

Two others were injured. The accident took place around 7:30 pm on Friday.

Jashore Fire Service Station Assistant Director Mamunur Rashid confirmed the matter.

Locals said that the casualty occurred when a Jashore-bound Royal Paribahan bus collided head-on with a Magura-bound easybike.

On receiving the information, Jashore Fire Service personnel went to the spot and rescued the dead and injured and sent them to Jashore General Hospital.

Zahangir Hossain, a local shopkeeper, said, “The easybike was heading towards Lebutala Bazar. The bus hit the three-wheeler when it tried to turn right towards a bypass road in Tetultala area” According to officials at Jashore General Hospital, six people died on the spot while another died at the hospital.

The deceased have been identified as – Jadavpur resident Helal’s wife Sonia, twin sons Hasan (2) and Hussain (2), daughter Khadiza (7), and Sonia’s mother Anwara (70); easybike driver Imran Hossain (27); and and two residents of Sultanpur village- Sayma Khatun and Fahima Khatun (70).

Helal’s father Amin Uddin said his daughter-in-law and other members of the family were on the way to visit a doctor at a clinic in the town when the bus hit the easybike they were in.
My son’s wife and children died in the accident. I have lost everything.”

Meanwhile, police and fire service officials have recovered the bodies and sent them to Jashore General Hospital.

“The body of the deceased has been sent to the morgue,” said Asif Mohammad Ali, a doctor of the emergency department of the hospital.