The wreckage of an auto-rickshaw is being lifted from a canal along Sylhet-Companiganj road using a crane in Salutikar area of Gowainghat upazila on Thursday. The vehicle fell into the canal after colliding with a microbus, killing seven people. — Focus Bangla SYLHET, Jul 20 (UNB): Seven people died in a collision between a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and a microbus at Salutikar on Sylhet-Companigonj road on Thursday.
The deceased included six passengers of CNG auto-rickshaw and the driver of the microbus.
Deputy Director of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital Soumitra Chakraborty said, "Six people died before coming to the hospital, and five others were brought to hospital in critical condition. One of them died while undergoing treatment at the hospital."
Four of the deceased were identified as Md. Kalan Mia, 35, son of Shahjahan Mia of Islampur village in Companyganj upazila, Maulana Kazi Amir Uddin, 42, son of late Ashadder Ali of Kalibari village of East Islampur union, microbus driver Abu Taher, 45, of RoyBazar area of Dhaka and Md. Idris Ali, 40, of Batumara village of North Ronikhai union of Companiganj upazila.
The other deceased were from Companiganj upazila.
Sylhet Additional Superintendent of Police Prabhas Kumar Singh said when the microbus (Dhaka Metro-Ch19-7462) leaving Sylhet reached in front of Piangul Kazi Kalimullah High School in Salutikar area of Gowainghat upazila around 8:30 am the front right tyre of the vehicle got punctured and it lost control.
Then it collided with a three-wheeler coming from the opposite direction, he said.
Following the collision, the two vehicles fell into a roadside canal, leaving five people dead on the spot. Later, one injured passenger died on the way to the hospital and another died while undergoing treatment at the hospital.
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