Road crashes claim five lives in Cumilla

Accident

Cumilla, Dec 07 - Five people were killed and several others injured in separate  road accidents in Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla district on Saturday.

Two brick kiln workers were killed as a bus hit a tractor on Dhaka-Kachua road near Shayestanagar, said Kaushik Ahmed, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Eliotganj Highway Police.

The deceased were identified as Borhan, son of Gias Uddin of Lakshmipur village, and Mohammad Ali, son of Syed Ali of Jamalpur Sadar upazila.

In another accident, a Dhaka-bound Anirban Paribahan bus collided with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw near Daulatpur bus stand on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in the same upazila, leaving Dolly Akter, a passenger, dead on the spot.

Other injured passengers and drivers were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where two more victims- Jiana Akter and Jahanara Begum- succumbed to their injuries.

All the victims of this accident were residents of the nearby Basra village, said Sub-Inspector Md. Helal of Gauripur police investigation center.

Police seized the bus involved in the accident, he said. - UNB