
SATKHIRA: A teenage boy and his younger sister were killed in a road accident on the Satkhira-Ashashuni road in Sadar upazila on Sunday morning.
The dead were identified as Mehedi Hasan Tamim, 19, and his younger sister Toufika Hasan Ruhina, 11, student of Government Girls High School.
Witnesses said, a water tanker rammed into the motorcycle of Tamim when they were going to school riding on the bike around 7:30am, leaving Tamim and Ruhina dead on the spot.
The truck driver managed to flee.
OC Golam Rahman of Satkhira Sadar Thana confirmed the news.
The agitated locals blocked the road for half an hour. Later, police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control.
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