Two young men have been killed in a road accident in Taraganj upazila of Rangpur district. The fatal incident occurred at approximately 8:00 am on Sunday in the Jigatala area along the busy Rangpur-Dinajpur highway, adding to the growing toll of morning transit fatalities in northern Bangladesh.
The deceased have been identified as Mukul Islam, 28, son of Kalu Mia, and Shakib Basunia, 22, son of Lokman Basunia. Both men hailed from the Basuniapara neighbourhood under Charaikhola union in neighbouring Nilphamari Sadar upazila. News of their sudden deaths has cast a pall of grief over their local community in Nilphamari, where families and neighbours gathered to mourn the loss of two young lives.
According to sources at the Taraganj Fire Service, emergency dispatchers received an alert regarding the incident around 8:00 am. A rescue unit was immediately deployed to the Jigatala stretch of the highway. Upon arriving at the scene, firefighters discovered the two victims lying critically injured along the roadside.
One of the men had succumbed to his injuries and died instantaneously at the spot. Rescue personnel swiftly recovered the second victim and transported him to a nearby medical facility for urgent care, where attending doctors pronounced him dead upon arrival.
The Rangpur-Dinajpur highway serves as a vital commercial and commuter artery connecting key districts across the northern region. Despite ongoing infrastructure upgrades, sections of the corridor remain prone to severe accidents, particularly during early morning hours when heavy vehicles and inter-district traffic share the carriageway amidst reduced visibility.
Following the recovery operations, local authorities and police initiated standard legal procedures to hand over the bodies to their respective families. Traffic movement along the Jigatala section of the highway, which experienced brief disruption during the emergency response, returned to normal later in the morning.
