Student’s severed arm fell on highway

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi: One hand of a student who was on a bus got severed after a truck hit the bus at Katakhali in Rajshahi.

The accident took place on Rajshahi-Dhaka highway in the area on Friday evening.

Firoj Sarder, 24, is a final-year masters student of Rajshahi College’s social work department. He hailed from Nandigram upazila of Bogura.

The severed hand of Firoj fell on the highway after the accident.

Firoj was admitted to the Rajshahi Medical College Hospital after the accident on Friday.

He went home in Bogura’s Nandigram to sit primary school teacher recruitment tests.

The severed hand of Firoj (Photo: risingbd)

The accident occurred at Katakhali around 7:00 pm on Friday when Firoj was returning to Rajshahi, said Nibaran Chandra Barman, officer-in-charge of Katakhali Police Station.

“The student kept his right hand out of the window which caused the mishap,” he added.

Firoj is still in critical condition, according to the hospital source.

 

risingbd/Rajshahi/June 29, 2019/Tanjimul Haque/AI