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One killed, 5 injured as bus hits auto-rickshaw in Cumilla

News Desk Districts 2022-12-05, 2:59pm

A man was killed and five others were injured after a bus hit an auto-rickshaw at Burichang upazila in Cumilla district on Monday.



A man was killed and five others were injured after a bus hit an auto-rickshaw at Burichang upazila in Cumilla district on Monday.
The deceased was identified as Abu Nayem, 45, a resident of Sondram village in the upazila.
Mainamati Highway Police Station officer in-charge Akul Chandra Bishwas said a Sylhet-bound bus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw from the opposite direction in Farizpur area at about 10:45 am, leaving at least six people injured.
Locals rescued the injured and took them to nearby Sommilito Samorik Hospital where the on-duty doctor declared Nayem dead.
Other five injured including the bus driver are currently undergoing treatment there, the OC added.