Chattogram Bureau :
Two people were killed in a collision between a bus and an auto-rickshaw in Chattogram’s Patiya Upazila.
The incident took place on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar Highway in the upazila’s Julur Dighir Par area early yesterday morning, according to the Fire Service.
The victims have been identified as Sangha Das Barua, 70, and auto-rickshaw-driver Uttam Barua, 43. “A Cox’s Bazar-bound Shyamoli Paribahan bus collided with an auto-rickshaw headed to Patiya from Satkania,” Soumen Barua, an official of Patiya Fire Service Station told this correspondent.
“The auto-rickshaw was stuck under the moving bus after the collision. The bus went another 500 metres with the vehicle under it before the driver fled.” Sangha was killed on the spot while Uttam died on his way.
Two people were killed in a collision between a bus and an auto-rickshaw in Chattogram’s Patiya Upazila.
The incident took place on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar Highway in the upazila’s Julur Dighir Par area early yesterday morning, according to the Fire Service.
The victims have been identified as Sangha Das Barua, 70, and auto-rickshaw-driver Uttam Barua, 43. “A Cox’s Bazar-bound Shyamoli Paribahan bus collided with an auto-rickshaw headed to Patiya from Satkania,” Soumen Barua, an official of Patiya Fire Service Station told this correspondent.
“The auto-rickshaw was stuck under the moving bus after the collision. The bus went another 500 metres with the vehicle under it before the driver fled.” Sangha was killed on the spot while Uttam died on his way.
