Two die in bus-auto collision in Cumilla

Prothom Alo English Desk

Two persons were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Mohakhali regional highway in Laksham upazila of Cumilla early on Thursday morning, reports UNB.

The accident occurred around 8:00am on the high-speed corridor near Kaliacho when the BRTC bus hit the auto-rickshaw, leaving two occupants of the auto-rickshaw dead on the spot, said Jasim Uddin, a sub-inspector at the Lalmai outpost of Laksham Highway Police.

“The identities of the deceased are yet to be established. The injured have been hospitalised,” he added.