Two people were killed along with seven cattle as a truck carrying the animals lost control and crashed into a roadside tree at Chuadanga sadar upazila early Friday.
Cattle trader Ashraful Haque,50, and Monir Hossain,45, from Meherpur district died in the accident. Seven of the cattle also perished, police and fire service said.
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The accident occurred around 3 am on Chuadanga-Meherpur regional road as the truck carrying 19 cattle lost control and hit a roadside tree near a filling station at Alukdia area, said Md Rafiquzzaman, deputy assistant director of Chuadanga fire service and civil defence.
Two other injured in the accident Kalam, 40, and Minarul Islam,41, were admitted to Chuadanga sadar hospital.
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Mahabubur Rahman Kajal, Officer-in-Charge of Chuadanga sadar police station said the Ashraful died on the spot while Monir died under treatment at the hospital.
Source: United News of Bangladesh