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Vol. 4 Num 109 Fri. September 12, 2003  
   
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Army major, 3 of his family die in tragic road accident


An army major and his wife, daughter and sister were killed when their car rammed into a bus on the Bogra-Natore Highway yesterday.

Police and witnesses said Major Dr Syed Hasan Jamal, 43, second-in-command of Bogra Combined Military Hospital, his wife and sister died instantly in the collision near Umarpur bus-stand in Nandigram upazila.

His daughter, aged about 11, was admitted to Bogra Mohammad Ali Hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.

Major Jamal, on a six-day leave, was going home in Rajshahi, along with his family members. The accident took place at about 4:00pm.