Child Killed, Parents and Driver Injured as Night Coach Hits Auto-Rickshaw in Kurigram's Kathalbari
A six-year-old girl riding in an auto-rickshaw was killed when a Dhaka-bound night coach hit the vehicle in the Kathalbari area of Kurigram Sadar. The child's parents and the auto-rickshaw driver were seriously injured in the incident.
The accident took place on Monday (October 26) at around 8:30 pm on the Kurigram-Rangpur road, west of Kathalbari Bazar in the district town. Kurigram Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Kamal Hosen confirmed the information.
The deceased child was identified as Monika Mali (6). Her mother, Aduri Bala (23), and father, Ananto Mali (26), were seriously injured. Their home is in the Trimohani area of Kurigram Sadar. Auto-rickshaw driver Mozammel (29) was also injured.
Ananto Mali, who is undergoing treatment at Kurigram General Hospital, said they were returning with his wife and daughter from his in-laws' house in the Kulaghat area of Lalmonirhat to their own home in Trimohani, Kurigram.
According to Ananto Mali, when they reached the Kathalbari area, the Dhaka-bound night coach named Pinki hit their rickshaw. Local people rescued them and sent them to hospital.
Sahid Hasan, the officer in charge of the emergency department at Kurigram General Hospital, said they received one child dead. Three people injured in the accident were given primary treatment.
Sahid Hasan added that Aduri Bala, who was seriously injured with a head injury, was sent to Rangpur Medical College Hospital for advanced treatment.
OC Kamal Hosen said the night coach of Pinki Paribahan hit the passenger auto-rickshaw and sped away. Legal action over the casualties in the accident is under process, he said.
