Mother, son among 3 killed in Comilla road crash

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UNB, Comilla :
Three people, including a woman and her son, were killed and two others injured when a goods-laden lorry rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Lohipura area of Sadar Dakkhin upazila headquarters on Dhaka-Chittagong highway on Friday.
M Nazrul Islam, Officer-in-Charge of Sadar Dakkhin Police Station, said the accident took place in the area around 11:00 am when a goods-laden lorry hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw, leaving its two passengers – Mahmuda Akhtar and her minor son Arshad – dead on the spot and three others injured.
Meanwhile, Monir Hossain, the driver of
auto-rickshaw, succumbed to his injuries on his way to hospital.
The injured – Maolana Ekram Hossain, husband of deceased Mahmuda Akhtar and their daughter Nafiza Akhter – were rescued by police and fire fighters and admitted to Comilla Medical College and Hospital, said Khademul Islam, Sub-Inspector of Sadar Dakkhin Police Station.
Maoulana Ekram Hossain along with his family members was heading to his relative’s house at Barura of the district by an auto-rickshaw from his Dhonaitori village of the upazila, the SI added.
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