Two vegetable vendors were killed in a road accident Jhenaidah in Shailkupa of Jhenaidah on Monday noon. They were identified as Hasmat Ali of Hatia Abdalpur village and Mina Hossain of Jhaudia village under Kushtia Sadar upazila. They were travelling on a vegetable laden three wheeler locally known as “nosimon”.
Shailkupa police station duty officer when contacted said both Hasmat Ali and Mina Hossain were travelling on the vegetable laden nosimon. They were marching towards Jhenaidah town from Abdalpur.
When their three wheeler arrived near Dangipra, about six kilometers from Shailkupa upazila headquarters on Jhenaidah-Kushtia highway, the vehicle lost control over the steering and overturned pushing to a road side tree. The duo succumbs to their injuries on the spot. Police sent the bodies to Jhenidah Sadar hospital morgue for post mortem examination. They (police) were processing to file a case in this connection, duty officer said.
