Child killed, five hurt in bus-bike collision in Gopalganj

A three-year-old child was killed and five others injured in a collision between a passenger bus and a battery-run easy-bike in Gopalganj on Friday.

The accident occurred around noon at Fakirkandi area on the Dhaka–Khulna highway under Gopalganj Sadar upazila.

The deceased was identified as Samiul Alim Mollah, 3, son of Yasin Mollah of Malenga village in the upazila.

Md Anisur Rahman, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Gopalganj Sadar Police Station, said an easy-bike was travelling from Gopalganj town towards Arpara on the outskirts carrying passengers. When the vehicle was taking a turn at Fakirkandi, it was hit by an Imad Paribahan passenger bus coming from Dhaka.

The impact threw the driver’s son, Samiul Alim Mollah, who was then run over by the bus, killing him on the spot. Five other passengers were also injured in the accident.

On information, police from Gopalganj Sadar Police Station rushed to the scene, rescued the injured, and sent them to Gopalganj 250-bed General Hospital for treatment. The body of the deceased child has been kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy, reports UNB.

Legal action in this regard is under process, the OC added.