Four die in Comilla road accident
Wednesday, 26 April 2017
COMILLA, Apr 24 (UNB): Four people, including a couple, were killed and two others injured as a bus crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw carrying them on The Noakhali-Comilla Regional Highway in Sadar Dakkhin upazila on Monday night.
The deceased were identified as Abdur Razzak,35, his wife Jharna Begum, 35, and mother-in-law Joyneb Nesa, 55, of Gandamara village of Laksam upazila in the district, and auto-rickshaw driver Bachchu Miah while the injured are Razzak's son Raju, 7, and his relative Ishaq Miah.
Highway police super of Comilla region Paritosh Mondal said the Noakhali-bound bus hit the three-wheeler from the opposite direction on the road at Borol around 9pm, leaving three passengers of the auto-rickshaw dead on the spot and three others - Bachchu, Raju and Ishaq - injured.
The injured were taken to Laksam Upazila Health Complex from where Bachchu and Ishaq were shifted to Comilla Medical College Hospital where Bachchu died, said the SP.