Two brothers killed, three others hurt as bus crushes autorickshaw in Bogura

A witness says the autorickshaw was crushed on impact, killing one of them instantly

Two brothers have been killed after a bus ploughed into a CNG-run autorickshaw in Bogura’s Shahjahanpur.

Three others injured were injured in the crashed that occurred around 12:30am Saturday in front of Proyas School on the Dhaka–Rangpur Highway.

The dead men were identified by single names as Akash, 25, and his younger brother Arif, 21, sons of Hazrat Ali of Sherpur Upazila.

The injured include their uncles Haider Ali, 50, and Abdul Aziz, 38, and another passenger, Md Palash, 35.

They have been admitted to Bogura’s Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital.

Shahjahanpur Police Station chief Shafiqul Islam said the autorickshaw was travelling from Bogura town to Sherpur when it collided head-on with the bus. Akash died on the spot, while Arif passed away in hospital during treatment.

The injured remain under hospital care. Highway Police have impounded the mangled autorickshaw at their Sherpur camp.