Staff Reporter :
Eight persons were killed and nine others injured in two separate road crashes in Naogaon and Cox’s Bazar districts on Saturday.
At least six persons were killed and three others injured when a bamboo-laden truck plunged into a roadside ditch in Manda upazila of Naogaon district in the morning. Identities of the deceased could not be known yet.
The accident took place when the Naogaon-bound truck from Rajshahi was giving side to a bus at Hazi Gobindopur on Natore-Naogaon highway around 8:30am, said our local correspondent quoting Motiur Rahman, Assistant Superintendent of Police of Naogaon.
The injured people were taken to Manda Upazila Health Complex. The heavily loaded vehicle skidded on the road and fell into a roadside ditch. All the nine victims were passengers of the truck.
In Cox’s Bazar, two tourists died on the spot and six others suffered injuries when a private car hit a battery-run auto-rickshaw carrying them on Model Road in the town, said Sub-Inspector of Cox’s Bazar Sadar Model Police Station Rajib Das.
They were identified as Shah Alam, 50, and Abdus Salam, 35, hailing from Patiya upazila of Chittagong district.
The accident took place when the eight people were returning to their hotels in Cox’s Bazar town from sea beach around 8:00am, the SI added.
Eight persons were killed and nine others injured in two separate road crashes in Naogaon and Cox’s Bazar districts on Saturday.
At least six persons were killed and three others injured when a bamboo-laden truck plunged into a roadside ditch in Manda upazila of Naogaon district in the morning. Identities of the deceased could not be known yet.
The accident took place when the Naogaon-bound truck from Rajshahi was giving side to a bus at Hazi Gobindopur on Natore-Naogaon highway around 8:30am, said our local correspondent quoting Motiur Rahman, Assistant Superintendent of Police of Naogaon.
The injured people were taken to Manda Upazila Health Complex. The heavily loaded vehicle skidded on the road and fell into a roadside ditch. All the nine victims were passengers of the truck.
In Cox’s Bazar, two tourists died on the spot and six others suffered injuries when a private car hit a battery-run auto-rickshaw carrying them on Model Road in the town, said Sub-Inspector of Cox’s Bazar Sadar Model Police Station Rajib Das.
They were identified as Shah Alam, 50, and Abdus Salam, 35, hailing from Patiya upazila of Chittagong district.
The accident took place when the eight people were returning to their hotels in Cox’s Bazar town from sea beach around 8:00am, the SI added.
