Lohagara tragedy: One more victim dies, death toll now 11
The mishap killed 10 people on the spot on Wednesday
Four days after a devastating road accident in Lohagara, Chattogram, college student Tasnia Islam Prema, 18, succumbed to her injuries today (4 April).
She breathed her last around 12pm while undergoing treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH), said Brig Gen Md Taslim Uddin, director of the hospital.
With her passing, the death toll from the tragic accident on the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway has climbed to 11.
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The accident took place on Wednesday around 7am in the Jangalia area of Lohagara, when a bus rammed into a microbus, killing 10 people on the spot.
The victims included two couples and their children. Among them were Rafiqul Islam Shamim and Lutfun Nahar Sumi from Mirpur, Dhaka, along with their daughters Anisa Akter (14) and Liana (8), as well as Shamim's niece, Tanifa Yasmin.
Tasnia, the eldest daughter of Shamim and Sumi, sustained critical injuries.
Among the injured, six-year-old Aradhya Bishwas and his 18-year-old cousin Durjoy Kumar Bishwas are still undergoing treatment at CMCH. Aradhya's parents, Dilip Bishwas and Sadhana Rani, were also killed in the crash.
Tasnia was moved to the ICU on Wednesday, while Aradhya was shifted there on Thursday after initially receiving treatment in the general ward.
