Four-Year-Old Jakia Killed Under a Soil-Carrying Tractor While Crossing the Road in Jhenaidah

A four-year-old girl named Jakia has been killed after being run over by a soil-carrying tractor while crossing the road beside her home in Jhenaidah Sadar upazila. Her family said she died on the spot. The tragic death of a four-year-old has cast a pall of grief over the area.

The accident happened at around 12:30pm on Saturday (24 October) at Kamta Purba Para village under Madhuhati union of the Sadar upazila. Jakia was the daughter of Jafirul Islam of Kamta village.

The child's paternal uncle by marriage, Sabdar Hosen, said Jakia had been playing with other children beside the road near the house in the morning. She was in that familiar place close to home, as on any other day, and that is where the accident occurred.

According to Sabdar Hosen, when a tractor reached the spot, the child suddenly ran to cross the road. At that very moment the tractor ran her over, and she died on the spot.

Madhuhati union chairman Altaf Hosen said the child had been playing beside the road. Hearing the tractor's horn, she tried to cross the road and was crushed under the tractor. He said she died on the spot in a bloodied state.

Immediately after the incident, the tractor driver fled the area. According to the chairman, the driver is Masud, son of Nazrul of Kamta village. He has remained on the run since the accident.

Jhenaidah Sadar police station officer-in-charge (OC) Md Asaduzzaman said police quickly reached the spot on receiving the news and recovered the child's body. Police completed initial work at the scene and began the subsequent legal process.

The OC said the child's body was sent to the morgue of Jhenaidah Sadar Hospital for an autopsy. After the autopsy process, handing the body over to the family will proceed according to legal rules.

OC Md Asaduzzaman also said tractor driver Masud has been absconding since the incident. His remarks indicated that efforts to trace the driver are part of the police's ongoing work.

The Sadar police OC said legal action will be taken if a complaint is received from the victim's family. In other words, the next step of a case will be determined on the basis of the family's formal complaint.