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6 dead in microbus-three wheeler collision in Sylhet

News Desk Accidents 2023-07-20, 10:31am

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At least six people were dead and three were injured in a head-on collision between a microbus and CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Sylhet-Bholaganj Road at Salutikor under Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet.



At least six people were dead and three were injured in a head-on collision between a microbus and CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Sylhet-Bholaganj Road at Salutikor under Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet district Thursday.

The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.

KM Nazrul Islam, officer-in-charge of Gowainghat Police Station, said the accident occurred around 8:30 am when the microbus hit the CNG-run auto-rickshaw, leaving five people dead on the spot and four others injured.

Of the injured, one died on the way to Sylhet Osmani Medical College and Hospital.