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Bus kills college student, seriously injures woman in Pabna
Translated by Desk Report
A college student died after a bus hit a rickshaw on the Dhaka-Pabna highway in Pabna, throwing him under its wheels. A woman travelling in the rickshaw suffered serious injuries.
The accident occurred around 1:30pm on Wednesday (28 October) in front of Ratnadwip Resort in the highway’s Jalalpur area.
The deceased, Roman, 24, was the son of Shamsur Rahman of Hakimpur village in Nazirganj union of Pabna’s Sujanagar upazila. He was a student in the management department at Pabna Government Edward College for the 2024-25 academic session.
According to highway police and local sources, Roman was travelling with a woman in a rickshaw along the Dhaka-Pabna highway. When it reached Ratnadwip Resort, a Rajshahi-bound passenger bus operated by Himel Paribahan, coming from the opposite direction, hit the rickshaw head-on. Roman was thrown from the rickshaw and crushed under the bus’s wheels. He died on the spot.
The injured woman was rescued and admitted to Pabna General Hospital.
Shahidul Islam, officer-in-charge of Madhpur Highway Police Station, said local residents seized the bus after the accident, but the driver fled. Police are investigating the cause of the accident. Roman’s body has been handed over to his family, and legal action is underway.
