Third friend also dies in hospital after motorcycle hits tree in Boda, Panchagarh

Another friend who was seriously injured when a motorcycle lost control and hit a roadside tree in Boda upazila of Panchagarh has also died in hospital. With his death, all three teenage friends in the accident have now died.

The accident happened at about 9:15am on Thursday (12 November) on the Sakoya Bazar-Shahapara road in the Shahapara area of Nandanbari Union in Boda upazila.

The two friends who died in the morning were Saymon Islam (15), son of Ataur Rahman of the Volabsunia area of Boda upazila, and Redowan Hossain (15), son of Mizanur Rahman of the Fulbari area.

The other friend, Fazle Rabbi Shah (15), died that night while under treatment at Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital. He was the son of Abu Shah of the Shahapara area.

All three victims were Class Nine students of the local Sakoya Jamilatun Nesa Fazil Madrasa.

Police and local sources said Saymon had taken his uncle's motorcycle to Sakoya on Thursday morning for private tuition. After the tuition, he set off for home with his friends Redowan and Fazle Rabbi.

On the way back, the speeding motorcycle lost control and hit a tree beside the road. All three were thrown from the motorcycle.

Local people rescued the three teenagers and took them to Boda Upazila Health Complex, where the doctor on duty declared Saymon and Redowan dead.

Rezwanul Haque Mondal, inspector (investigation) of Boda Police Station, confirmed the deaths of the three students. He said that after the inquest, the bodies of the first two had already been handed over to their families, and the third body would be handed over through the same process.