Two killed as van dashes autorickshaw
Two people were killed and three others injured after a covered van rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Chittagong-Cox's Bazar highway in Patiya upazila yesterday.
The dead are Mohammad Moktar, 22, of Jiri Union and Mohammad Nayan, 13, of Kusumpura in the upazila.
Sub Inspector Masud Alam of Patiya Highway Police Station said the accident took place around 2:00pm as a Chittagong-bound covered van hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw from the opposite direction in Shantir Hat area.
Five passengers of the auto-rickshaw were critically injured, he added.
Later, locals rescued the victims and took them to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) where doctors declared Moktar and Nayan dead around 3:30pm, said Nayek Mohammad Hamid of CMCH police outpost
SI Masud said the covered van was seized but its driver fled.
The injured, Mohammad Ishak, 50, and Mohammad Ismail, 36, of Koigram in Patiya were undergoing treatment.
Identity of the other injured could not be known.
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