Cox's Bazar, Madaripur road accidents kill three
Tuesday, 16 June 2026
A total of three people were killed in separate road accidents in Cox's Bazar and Madaripur districts on Monday, reports BSS.
In Cox's Bazar, two people were killed and four others were injured in a collision between a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and a bus in Pekua upazila of the district on Monday morning.
The accident occurred
around 8:00 am on the Anwara-Banshkhali-Chakaria (ABC) regional highway near Toitong Bazar.
The deceased were identified as Hasan Ali, 65, son of Abdur Rashid of the Choykuritikka area under Dhemushia union in Matamuhuri upazila of Cox's Bazar district, and Afzal Sarkar, 45, son of Tota Bepari of Chauhali upazila in Sirajganj district.
The injured were Mohammad Siraj, 42, and Mohammad Shahed, 22, both residents of the Harinafari area in Pekua municipality, Pakhi Begum, 55, wife of the deceased Hasan Ali, and their son Mohammad Ramim, 10.
According to eyewitnesses, the Chattogram-bound auto-rickshaw reached the Toitong Bazar area when it collided head-on with a bus. The impact left the auto-rickshaw severely mangled and critically injured all its passengers.
Local residents rescued the victims and took them to Pekua Upazila Health Complex. Doctors on duty referred two critically injured passengers to Chattogram Medical College Hospital, where they later succumbed to their injuries.
In Madaripur, a man was killed and four others were injured in a head-on collision between two trucks on the Dhaka-Barishal highway in Sadar upazila on Monday morning.
The deceased was identified as Abu Naim Khan, 55, a mini-truck driver and a resident of Kulpoddi village under Jhaudi union of the upazila.
The accident occurred around 5:30 am in front of Pantapara Filling Station when a mini-truck collided head-on with another truck, leaving the mini-truck driver, Naim, dead on the spot and four others injured.
The injured were taken to Madaripur Zila Hospital for treatment.
Additional Superintendent of Police (Madaripur Sadar Circle) Faria Rafique Bhabna confirmed the incident and said legal procedures regarding the accident are underway.