5 killed in Comilla, Magura road crashes
At least five people have been killed and 22 others injured in separate road accidents in Comilla and Magura districts.
In Comilla, a goods-laden lorry rammed into a CNG-run three wheeler in Doyapur area on Dhaka- Chittagong highway under Sadar Dakkhin upazila this morning, leaving three people including a mother and her minor son dead and two others injured.
The deceased were identified as Mahumuda Akter, 25, and her 18-month old son Arshad, and CNG driver Monir Hossain, 28, BSS reports quoting police.
The bodies were sent to Comilla Medical College for autopsies.
A case was filed in this connection, police said.
Meanwhile in Magura, two passengers were killed and 20 others sustained injuries in another road crash at Alamkhali Bazaar of Sadar upazila, our local correspondent reports.
One of the deceased were identified as Habibur Rahman Swapan, 24, son of Abdur Rauf of Kanaidanga upazila in Chuadanga, said Magura Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Elias Hossain.
A Dhaka-bound passenger bus of Darshana Delux from Chuadanga collided head-on with another passenger bus of Sonartari coming from opposite direction in the area at 11:00pm, leaving the duo dead on the spot and others injured, the OC said.
Eight of the injured were whisked off to Magura Sadar Hospital, he added.
However, drivers of the both buses managed to flee the spot. Two bodies have been sent to morgue for autopsy, adds UNB.
A case was filed with Magura police station.
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