5 killed in easy bike-truck collision in Khulna

Five people were killed today as an easy bike and a brick-laden truck collided on the Khulna-Satkhira highway.

According to Hamid Uddin Ahmed, the officer-in-charge of the Kharnia highway police station, police were unable to track down the truck driver, who fled the scene and left the vehicle.

According to Sukanta Saha, the OC of Dumuria police station, the truck was on its way from Khulna to Satkhira via Chuknagar when it collided with an easy bike heading from the opposite direction at the Angardoha culvert area of Kharnia union at 3:45pm.

Two died on the scene, and two died at the Dumuria Upazila Health Complex, he said. One person died in the Khulna Medical College Hospital.

The deceased were identified as Sabbir Moral, 23, of Angardoha village in Kharnia union of Dumuria upazila; Nipa Dhali, 25, of Bill Pabla village in Gutudia union of Dumuria upazila; the easy bike driver Biswajit Biswas, 30, of Jieltala village in Shobna union of Dumuria upazila; and his two-year-old daughter Orni.

An unidentified 26-year-old woman also died.

Biswajit‍‍`s wife, Antima, suffered a serious injury and is being treated at KMCH alongside Orijit, 30.