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Road crashes kill six in two districts

August 01, 2019 00:00:00


SAVAR, July 31 (UNB): Three people were killed after a bus rammed into a van on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway at Sutipara in Dhamrai Upazila on Wednesday.

The deceased were identified as van puller Abdul Jabbar, 70, Samad, 65, and Abdul Fakir, 72, of the upazila's Dharia village.

Dipak Kumar Saha, officer-in-charge of Dhamrai Police Station, said the accident took place around 9am.

A speeding bus hit the van from behind, killing its driver and two passengers on the spot.

Apart in Cumilla, a cattle-laden truck overturned on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway early Wednesday, killing three people and six cows. Police identified the men as Anwar Hossain, Samiul Islam and Khokon Mia. The cattle traders hailed from Jhenaidah's Maheshpur upazila.


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