NAOGAON — Two cattle traders were killed and five others injured when a motorized cart known as a bhotbhoti overturned on the Niamatpur-TLB road in Naogaon’s Niamatpur upazila on Monday afternoon, police said.
The accident occurred at the Sangshail Bridge area.
The dead were identified as Sharif Uddin, 62, of Damkura village in the upazila, and Shamim Reza, 28, son of Tariqul Islam of Bonga Para village in the same upazila.
The officer-in-charge of Niamatpur police station confirmed the deaths and said the men were on their way to the upazila’s Chhatra cattle market by bhotbhoti to buy cattle. The vehicle lost control and fell into a roadside ditch, killing two who were trapped beneath it. Five others were injured in the accident, he said.
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