Siblings killed in Feni road crash

A head-on collision between two CNG auto-rickshaws left two siblings killed at Gainbari of Feni’s Fulgazi upazila on Friday.

The deceased were Bachchu Mia, 75, and his sister Khuki Akter, 55, residents of Dakshin Kashimpur village in Feni Sadar upazila.

Relatives said the accident took place on the Feni-Parshuram regional highway when they were returning home after visiting relatives in the afternoon.

A CNG came from the opposite direction and smashed into their vehicle when they reached Gainbari, leaving the duo critically injured, they added.

They were rushed to Feni General Hospital but the physicians pronounced them dead.

Nurul Alam Siddiqui, a physician at emergency department of the hospital, said the duo had succumbed to their injuries before they reached the hospital.

The bodies were kept at the hospital morgue.