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Three killed as bus hits CNG autorickshaw in Gazipur
Greenwatch Desk
Accidents
2025-06-17, 10:01pm
Three people were killed and three others injured when a bus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Dhaka-Kishoreganj road in Kapasia upazila of Gazipur district on Tuesday.
The deceased were identified as Ratna Akter, 32, her son Shayan, 4 and Toufidul Islam, 14, son of Abul Kalam of Tarail upazila in Kishoreganj district.
The accident occurred in the afternoon near Surya Narayanpur Palli Bidyut area when the Kishoreganj-bound bus of ‘Annanya Classic Paribahan’ from Dhaka hit the CNG-run auto-rickshaw, leaving two killed on the spot and four others injured, said Joynal Abedin Mandal, officer-in-charge of Kapasia Police Station, reports UNB.
Among the injured, one died on the way to Dhaka.