Four people were killed in two separate road crashes in Cumilla.
Three passengers of a private car were killed and another injured when a bus hit the car on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Comilla’s Sadar Dakshin upazila’s Suagazi area.
The deceased were identified as Fakhrul Alam Dulal, 52, of Hamandi area of Laxmiipur Sadar, Miraj Hossain (18) son Mubarak Hossain of capital’s Khilgaon Taltola and private car driver Belal Hossain (35), son of Abdul Majid of Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur.
Officer-in-charge of Mainamati Highway Police Station Anisur Rahman said the private car was on its way to Chattogram. It was hit by a Dhaka-bound Shyamoli Paribahan while it was taking a U-turn in front of Hotel Kanan in Suagazi area around 3 am on Thursday. Two passengers died on the spot and the driver died on the way to Dhaka for treatment, he added.
The other incident occurred at Dighirpara of Harisardar Bazar in Cumilla’s Chauddagram upazila on Friday morning when a three wheeler was hit by a lorry. A school girl killed and three others were injured in it.
The deceased was identified as Lamia Akhter (8), daughter of Khalilur Rahman of Natapara area under Akter upazila and a second grade student at Natapara Government Primary School.
Bechu Mia, the autorickshaw driver said Lamia was hurt on the head as the lorry hit the autorickshaw.
She was rushed to Comilla Medical College from where she was referred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) as her condition deteriorated.
She died on the way to DMCH, Bechu Mia futher said.
Source: United News of Bangladesh