4 of a family killed as truck rams car
Five people, including four of a family, were killed in a road accident on the Dhaka- Barisal highway at Faridpur yesterday morning after a speeding truck rammed the private car they were travelling in.
The only surviving passenger of the car, Sabuj, 14, was taken to hospital in a critical condition.
The dead were identified as Selim Ahmed, 43, deputy general manager of K Ali Garments in Postagola in Dhaka, his wife Aleya, 38, daughters Akhi, 10, Lamia, 2 and Shahabaz, 35, their driver and an employee of the garment factory.
Police said the accident took place at Purbo Sadardi bus station of Bhanga upazila in Faridpur at around 8:30 am when the speeding truck hit the Dhaka bound car from the opposite direction.
Three of the car's passengers died on the spot. Akhi and the driver Shahabaz died as locals were rushing them to the hospital.
Sabuj, the eldest child of Selim Ahmed, was admitted to Faridpur Medical College Hospital and later transferred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). His condition remains critical.
The family hailed from Banai village under Kathalia upazila in Jhalakathi.
Police were able to stop the truck but its driver fled the scene.
No case has not been filed in this regard.
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