A cattle-cart driver identified as Nur Islam, 50, was killed after losing control of his vehicle, which was loaded with cattle, and overturning in Chougachha, Jashore. The accident occurred Friday, August 28, afternoon in the Kholshi Bazar area of Poluya village, Pashapole union, on the Chougachha-Jhikargachha road in the upazila. Nur Islam was the son of the late Harez Ali Mondal, of Manoharpur village in Jhikargachha upazila. He worked as a driver of an “almsadhu,” a locally modified farm vehicle.
Police and local sources said Nur Islam was driving his vehicle carrying five cattle from Jhikargachha toward the Chougachha cattle market. When he reached the Kholshi Bazar area of Poluya village, he lost control of the vehicle, which overturned off the road. He was crushed underneath and died at the scene.
Local residents later rescued the five cattle from the vehicle alive. Traffic on the Chougachha-Jhikargachha road was halted for a time after the accident, before police from the Dashpakhia outpost intervened to restore normal traffic flow.
Police recovered the body from the scene and sent it to Jashore Sadar Hospital for a postmortem examination.
Chougachha Police Station OC Mamunur Rashid confirmed the incident.