Police constable killed, 10 hurt in Madaripur road accident
The accident occurred around 2.30 pm on the Madaripur-Shariatpur road.
A police constable was killed and 10 others, including five police personnel, were injured when a police pickup carrying four arrestees overturned and fell into a roadside ditch in Matherbazar area of Sadar upazila yesterday (3 September).
The deceased was identified as police constable Abdus Salam, 51, son of Abdul Barek Bhuiyan of Paschim Charkaramshi village in Karimganj upazila of Kishoreganj. He was serving at the Bhadrasan Police Investigation Centre in Shibchar upazila of Madaripur.
The accident occurred around 2.30 pm on the Madaripur-Shariatpur road. When the police pickup reached the area, a child suddenly came onto the road while crossing it. In an attempt to save the child, the driver lost control of the vehicle and the pickup subsequently overturned and fell into a roadside ditch.
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Constable Abdus Salam, who was inside the pickup, died on the spot.
Bhadrasan Police Investigation Centre-in-Charge Md Mozammel Haque, 45, constables Sohel Matubbar, 35, Shamim Mia, 34, Hasan Hossain, 25 and Shariful Islam, 32, were seriously injured in the accident. Four pedestrians were also injured.
The injured were rescued and taken to the 250-bed Madaripur District Hospital. After receiving primary treatment there, four critically injured police personnel were referred to Dhaka for better treatment.
Madaripur Additional Superintendent of Police Faria Rafiq Bhavna confirmed the matter and said, "It is an extremely unfortunate incident.
The police vehicle overturned while trying to save a child on its way back after taking the arrestees. One of our members was killed, and several others were injured. The critically injured have been sent to Dhaka for advanced treatment."
