Road crashes kill 4 in two districts

Four people were killed and at least seven others injured in road accidents in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar and in Guimara upazila of Khagrachhari on Thursday, reports UNB.

In Cox’s Bazar, two persons were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a microbus and an auto-rickshaw on Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf Marine Drive early Thursday.

The identities of the victims are yet to be established, police said.

The accident occurred when the microbus hit the CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Marine Drive in the morning, leaving two passengers of the auto-rickshaw dead on the spot.

The injured occupants of the auto-rickshaw were rushed to Cox’s Bazar sadar hospital, said Hafizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Teknaf model police station. "Their condition is said to be critical."

Both the vehicles have been seized, the OC added.

In Khagrachhari, two people were killed and two other people were injured in a road accident in Budong Para of Guimara upazila in Khagrachhari in the morning.

The deceased were identified as trader Jibon Majumder, 55, and his son Ratif Majumder, 14, of the upazila.

Police said the accident occurred when a cement-laden truck they were riding lost control and crashed into a roadside hill on Khagrachhari-Chattogram road in Budong Para, leaving both father and son dead on the spot.

Driver Mehedi Prakash Lavlu and another injured were sent to Matiranga upazila health complex, said Mizanur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Guimara police station.

The bodies were sent to Khagrachhari Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy, the OC added.