Two cousins aged 14 and 8 killed in motorcycle crash in Gaibandha's Sadullapur
Two cousins have been killed after a motorcycle lost control and threw them onto the road in Sadullapur, Gaibandha. The dead are Samiul Islam, 14, and Abdullah Mia, 8. The crash happened at around 11am on Friday at Bakshibari Mor in Bhairagir Bazar on the Sadullapur-Tulshighat road.
Samiul Islam was the son of Sadekul Mondal of Dakshin Kajibari Santola village in Bangram Union. He was a class eight student at the local Idrakpur High School.
Abdullah Mia was the son of Shafikul Islam of the same village. He was a class one student at Bhairagir Bazar Government Primary School.
According to local sources, Samiul was riding his uncle's motorcycle in the morning, returning home from Sadullapur with his cousin Abdullah. Reaching Bakshibari Mor in Bhairagir Bazar, he lost control of the motorcycle and both were thrown onto the road and seriously injured.
Local people rescued the two and took them to hospital. Abdullah died in the afternoon at Rangpur Medical College Hospital while under treatment, and Samiul died at Doctors Clinic.
Sadullapur police station officer-in-charge A K M Habibul Islam Habib said the two died in the road accident and necessary legal steps are being taken over the incident.
