7 killed in Comilla road mishaps

Seven people, including three of a family, were killed and seven others injured in four separate road crashes in Daudkandi and Chandina upazilas Wednesday night and Thursday morning.

The police and locals said a Dhaka-bound passenger bus of Asia Paribahan from Comilla collided with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw leaving one auto-rickshaw passenger dead and another five injured at Shahidnagar on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Daudkandi upazila at about 9:00am on Thursday.

In another incident, a Comilla-bound fish-laden truck fom Bogra skidded off the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway leaving fish trader Monjur Rahman, 35, dead on the spot and unnamed truck driver and helper injured at Harikhola in Chandina upazila at about 4:00am.

Earlier at about 2:00am an unidentified man was killed as a  vehicle ran over him when he was crossing road at Eliotganj on the same road in Daudkandi upazila.

In yet another incident four people, including three of a family, died in a road accident at Jinglatali in Daudkandi upazila Wednesday night.

Witnesses said a Feni-bound private car from Dhaka collided with a truck in the area on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway at about 10:00pm leaving car driver Abbas Uddin, 35, car passenger businessman Saidul Haque, 42, dead on the spot and Saidul's wife Khaleda Akter Ruhi, 32, and their son Protik, 7, critically injured.

Later, the injured were taken to the nearby Gouripur hospital where they died after admission. Saidur hailed from Fazilupur village in Feni.

source:NewAge

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