Three killed in separate road accidents in Chattogram
The bodies of all three victims have been kept at the CMC Hospital morgue.
Three people were killed in two separate road accidents in Chattogram city, with one killed after being hit by a truck on DT Road last night (7 October) and two garment workers killed in a collision involving a covered van this morning (8 October).
Confirming the deaths, Nurul Alam Ashek, sub-inspector and in-charge of the Chattogram Medical College (CMC) Hospital police outpost, told TBS, "Three people died in two separate road accidents. Their bodies have been kept at the CMC Hospital morgue."
At around 9am today, Tamanna and Md Khalil were seriously injured when a motorcycle collided with an SKD-covered van on Road No 5 in the Chattogram Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) area under EPZ police station.
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They were initially taken to a private hospital and later brought to CMC Hospital, where doctors declared them dead.
Both victims worked as garment workers.
Choton, a supervisor at garment factory Smart Jacket who took them to hospital, told TBS that Tamanna worked at the factory.
"Both were workers. They were injured when their motorcycle collided with an SKD-covered van. They were later brought to the hospital, where doctors declared them dead," he said.
Tamanna's current address was in Wasim Chowdhury Para in the Kalsir Dighi area of the city, while her permanent address was in Morelganj, Bagerhat.
Khalil was a resident of Free Port in the New Muring area of the city.
Meanwhile, around 11:30pm yesterday, a motorcycle rider named Masum, 35, was killed when a truck collided with his motorcycle at the head of Dhaniyalapara Road on DT Road under Double Mooring police station.
Sirajul Islam, who took Masum to hospital, said a truck lost control and hit the motorcycle in the Dhaniyalapara area, leaving Masum critically injured.
He was later taken to CMC Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
Masum lived in the Magbul Manzil area of Dhaniyalapara on DT Road.
The bodies of all three victims have been kept at the CMC Hospital morgue.
Police are in the process of taking legal action over the accidents.
