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Microbus-autorickshaw crash kills 6 in Sirajganj

Greenwatch Desk Accidents 2024-09-08, 5:04pm

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Six people including two brothers of two families each were killed and three people injured in a collision between a microbus and a CNG-run autorickshaw in Kamarkhand upazila in Sirajganj district on Sunday.

The deceased were autorickshaw driver Rashedul Islam,22 of Raiganj upazila, two sons of Ramnaj Ali of Tarash upazila’s Vatra village-Nuruzzaman, 52 and Tareq Rahman,55, two brothers-Rezaul Karim,60 and Abdul Majid,50, of the same village and Jahangir Alam,56, son of late Mohiuddin of the same village, reports UNB.

The collision occurred between the two vehicles on Sirajgamj-Nalka regional highway around 12 pm, leaving two passengers of the autorickshaw dead on the spot, said Officer-in-Charge of Kamarkhand police station Rezaul Karim.

The injured were rushed to M Mansur Ali Medical College Hospital where four people died, he added.