4 of a family among 5 killed in Ctg road accidents
Five people, including four members of a family, were killed in separate road accidents in Mirsarai and Hathazari upazilas of Chattogram on Tuesday (15 October).
In Mirsarai, a truck crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in the Khoiyachora area, leaving all four passengers, including a child, dead on the spot when they were on their way to attend an event in Sitakunda.
The auto-rickshaw got smashed and the truck fell into a roadside ditch after the crash, said police and witnesses.
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The deceased were identified as Kajol Rekha, Nurjahan, Shirina, and seven-month-old infant Nihat.
Sohel Sarkar, officer-in-charge of Jorarganj Highway Police Station, said they went to spot upon receiving news of the accident and recovered the bodies.
In a separate incident in Hathazari upazila, a madrasa student Mohammad Azwad Mahin was killed after being hit by a speeding bus on the Chattogram-Khagrachhari road.
Following the accident, fellow madrasa students and locals blocked the road in protest.
Police later arrived at the scene and brought the situation under control.
