RANGPUR: A housewife was killed and her husband was injured in a road accident at Goyabari point on the Dalia-Goyabari road under Dimla upazila in Nilphamari yesterday, according to police sources, reports BSS. The accident occurred when a seedy truck hit the motorcycle carrying the couple there killing Ayesha Begum, 42, on the spot and injuring her husband Matiur Rahman, 50, at 12.30 in the afternoon. Local people immediately rushed injured Matiur Rahman to Dimla Upazila Health Complex, sources said.
Hailing from village Asadganj under Balapara union in the same upazila under Nilphamari district, the couple was going to their son-in-law’s house in Goyabari village riding on the motorcycle when the accident took place in the afternoon. Confirming the incident, Officer-in-Charge of Dimla Police Station Moazzem Hossain said the killer truck has been seized but they failed to arrest its driver and the helper who managed to escape the scene after the accident. A case was lodged with Dimla Thana in this connection after the
incident.