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BSS, Bogra

A couple was killed and eight others were injured in a fatal road accident at Sankoa point on the Naogaon-Bogra highway under Adamdighee upazila in Bogra on Wednesday afternoon, police sources said.

The accident took place when a Adamdighee bound Votvoti from Manda in Naogaon and a Naogaon bound bus from Bogra collided head-on at the point at 3:30 pm on Wednesday killing the couple on the spot and inuring eight others.

The deceased were identified as Khalilur Rahman, 47, son of late Sober Ali Shah and Neher Banu, 40, wife of deceased Khalilur Rahman of village Jhalghoria under Dupchanchia upazila in Bogra.

Injured Marjina Begum, 14, and Mehedi Hassan, 20 daughter and son of the deceased couple and other injured passengers Masud, 32, Farzana Begum, 12, and Hassan Ali, 30, were admitted to Bogra Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital.

Police recovered the bodies and filed a case in this connection with Adamdighee police station, the sources said.