Schoolgirl loses legs in Jashore road crash, highway blocked

A schoolgirl lost her legs and two others suffered injuries when a rickshaw-van carrying them was hit by a lorry in Sarsha upazila of Jashore this morning.

Traffic movement on Benapole-Jashore highway remains halted as angry mob blockaded the road, said Mashiur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sarsha Police Station.

The lorry that hit the rickshaw van was also torched, the OC added.

The three girls were going to school by the van when it was hit by the lorry of Jashore Pally Bidyut Samity around 11:00 am on Benapol-Jessore highway in Navaron area, the OC said.

The injured were rushed to Navaron Hospital where doctors had to amputate both the legs of one of the students, said the OC quoting hospital sources.

The road remains blocked at the time of the filing of the report at 11:40 am.

Source: thedailystar