Two killed in road crash while returning home after watching WC final

Two youths were killed in a head-on collision between a trolley and a motorcycle in Jashore's Sharsha upazila while they were returning home after watching the World Cup football final. Three others were injured in the incident.

The accident occurred around 6am on Monday (July 20) at the end of Rudrapur village in the upazila.

The deceased are Midul Hasan Nahid (25), son of Jahangir Bhandari of Daulatpur village under Benapole Port Police Station, and Sohag Hossain Usha (27), son of Jamat Ali of the same village.

The injured are Rubel (30) of the same village, trolley driver Amirul and trolley helper Nirab. The trolley driver and helper are residents of Rudrapur village in Sharsha upazila.

According to local sources, after watching the Argentina-Spain World Cup final match on Sunday night, Nahid, Usha and Rubel were heading to Rudrapur Bazar for tea on a motorcycle in the early morning. At that time, a trolley carrying bricks from a brick kiln was heading towards Goga at high speed when the motorcycle collided head-on with it.

Nahid and Usha died on the spot. Locals later rescued the injured Rubel, the trolley driver and helper and sent them to Jashore 250-bed General Hospital.

Sharsha Police Station Sub-Inspector (SI) Chanchal confirmed the incident and said police recovered the bodies of the two youths from the scene. The motorcycle and trolley involved in the accident have been seized and taken to the police station. The bodies will be handed over to the families after legal procedures.