Road mishaps kill four in three dists

CHATTOGRAM, Sept 23 (BSS): Two people were killed in a road accident in front of the city's Panchlaish Police Station early Sunday.

The deceased were identified as auto rickshaw driver Mohammad Hanif, 41, son of Mostafa Kamal of Halishahar Brick Field area and private car passenger Fardin Hossain, 18, son of Abul Bashar Milon, hailed from Bata Goli area of Nasirabad in the city.

The accident took place at the King of Chittagong Club (KCC) gate when a microbus coming down from KCC hit a private car which was also going towards the club and the auto-rickshaw was standing beside the road, said assistant sub-inspector Alauddin Talukder of Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) police outpost.

The duo sustained critically injuries in the accident and they were rushed to the CMCH where the duty doctors declared them dead, he added.

A case under process in this connection, he added.

UNB adds: In Gopalganj, a minor boy was crushed under a bus in Kadampur area of Muksudpur upazila on Sunday.

The deceased was identified as Pappi, 7, son of Nibash Das, hailing from Nagarkanda upazila in Faridpur.

The accident took place around 7.00 am as the bus ran over the victim while he was crossing the road, leaving him dead on the spot, said Sub-inspector Nobo Kumar of Muksudpur Police Station.

The victim along with his family came to visit his maternal uncle's house in the area.

In Nilphamari, two persons were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and auto-rickshaw at Champachali in Saidpur upazila on Saturday night.

The deceased were identified as Faridul, 28, son of Abzal and Hasem, 32, son of Abdur Rauf, both residents of Telipara Pakerhat in Khansama upazila.

Shajahan Pasha, officer-in-charge of Saidpur Police Station, said the accident occurred when a Dhaka-bound bus collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw around 10:30pm, leaving 2 dead on the spot.

On information, police recovered the bodies and sent them to Sadar Hospital for autopsy, the OC added.