Chittagong Bureau :
Five people have been killed and at least as many others injured when a bus smashed an auto-rickshaw head-on at Patia Upazila in Chittagong Friday.
Four of the dead and the injured, all passengers of the three-wheeler, include members of a family and their relatives, police say.
The accident took place on the Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar Highway at Mansar Tek at around 12pm on Friday, Patia highway police outpost’s Sub-Inspector (SI) Md Shafiqul Azam told this correspondent.
The deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw driver Md Saiful, 25, passengers Rupona Sen, 25, Minton Sen Bulu, 26, Anik Sen, 5, and Kakon Sen, 3.
The injured, Anik’s father Anjan Sen, 40, Arpan Sen, 6, Apon Sen, 7, Anamika Sen, 25, and Kanchan Sen, 32, were admitted at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH).
Anik, Arpan and Apon are the children of Anjan and Rupona while Kakon is the son of Kanchan and Anamika.Anjan and Kanchan are brothers. Minton is their cousin.
Quoting locals, highway police SI ‘Masud’ said the Cox’s Bazar-bound bus had collided with the Patia-bound auto-rickshaw, killing Minton and Kakon on the spot.CMCH police outpost’s SI Zahirul Islam told that seven injured were rushed to the hospital at around 2pm.
Of them, Rupona, Anik and Saiful were declared dead upon arrival, he added.
Five people have been killed and at least as many others injured when a bus smashed an auto-rickshaw head-on at Patia Upazila in Chittagong Friday.
Four of the dead and the injured, all passengers of the three-wheeler, include members of a family and their relatives, police say.
The accident took place on the Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar Highway at Mansar Tek at around 12pm on Friday, Patia highway police outpost’s Sub-Inspector (SI) Md Shafiqul Azam told this correspondent.
The deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw driver Md Saiful, 25, passengers Rupona Sen, 25, Minton Sen Bulu, 26, Anik Sen, 5, and Kakon Sen, 3.
The injured, Anik’s father Anjan Sen, 40, Arpan Sen, 6, Apon Sen, 7, Anamika Sen, 25, and Kanchan Sen, 32, were admitted at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH).
Anik, Arpan and Apon are the children of Anjan and Rupona while Kakon is the son of Kanchan and Anamika.Anjan and Kanchan are brothers. Minton is their cousin.
Quoting locals, highway police SI ‘Masud’ said the Cox’s Bazar-bound bus had collided with the Patia-bound auto-rickshaw, killing Minton and Kakon on the spot.CMCH police outpost’s SI Zahirul Islam told that seven injured were rushed to the hospital at around 2pm.
Of them, Rupona, Anik and Saiful were declared dead upon arrival, he added.
