Two motorcyclists died after a dry branch of a tree broke and fell on them during stormy winds in Magura.
Magura Ramnagar Highway Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Roknuzzaman confirmed the matter. The accident occurred at around 9pm on Friday in the Kestopur area on the Magura-Dhaka-Khulna highway.
The deceased were identified as Mahabub, 27, and Pranto Dutta, 26.
Locals rescued them and took them to Magura 250-bed District Sadar Hospital, where the duty doctor at the emergency department declared Pranto dead. Mahabub, who was seriously injured, was moved to Faridpur Medical College Hospital for advanced treatment, where he died while undergoing treatment that same night.
