Six killed in Ctg road accident
Six persons were killed when a speeding bus rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Naya Khaler Mukh area of Satkania upzila in Chittagong yesterday evening.
Khaled Hossain, officer-in-charge of Satkania Police Station, said the accident took place when a Chittagong-bound bus from Cox's Bazar collided with the CNG-run auto-rickshaw coming from the opposite direction at Naya Khal area around 6:00pm.
All five passengers of the auto-rickshaw as well as its driver were killed in the accident. Five of them died on the spot while the injured was taken to the local Aas Shefa Hospital at Kerani Hat where doctors declared him dead, said AKM Kawsar Chowdhury, officer-in-charge of Dohazari Highway Police Station.
The deceased were identified as the auto-rickshaw driver Abu Syed, 35, and Soyaid, 17, of Satkania upazila; Md Shahrier, 15, and Amulya Das, 55, of Lohagara upazila; Md Jasimuddin, 35, of Cox's Bazar; and Shamsul Alam, 80, of Banshkhali upazila.
Police seized the bus but its driver and helper managed to flee the scene, said OC Khaled Hossain.
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