One killed in Sylhet road accident
Thursday, 23 January 2014
SYLHET, Jan 22 (UNB): One person was killed and two others of his family were injured as a minibus crashed into their CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Kashipur in Balaganj upazila on Tuesday afternoon.
The deceased was identified as Abdul Khalik, 42, son of late Tabarak Ali of Khgdeor village of the upazila.
Injured Chhoto Bibi, 65, deceased's mother and Fahian, 12, his son were admitted to Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital.
Abdul Salek, officer-in-charge of Balaganj Police Station, said the Balaganj-bound minibus ran into the auto-rickshaw on the Tajpur-Balaganj road in the area at about 2:30 pm, leaving Khalik dead on the spot and two others injured.
Police recovered the body and sent it to the hospital morgue for an autopsy.
Police also arrested the bus driver, Amir Ali.
A case was filed in this connection.