2 killed, 8 critically injured in Cox’s Bazar road accident

At least two persons were killed and eight were critically injured when a cement-carrying truck rammed into several pedestrians and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Kolatoli in Cox's Bazar last night.

Identities of the deceased and injured could not be ascertained immediately.

Quoting eye-witnesses, our Cox's Bazar correspondent reported that a cement-carrying truck from Chattogram failed to brake when it reached Kolatali intersection at 10:40pm and rammed into several pedestrians and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw, leaving two dead on the spot.

The critically injured persons were taken to Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital and were receiving treatment there, said Dr Shahin Mohammad Abdur Rahman Chowdhury, resident doctor of the hospital.

The two dead bodies were kept at the hospital morgue, he added.