Road crash kills 2, injures 6 in Chattogram

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Two people were killed and six others injured in a head-on collision between two buses on Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway in Chattogram's Patiya upazila on Friday morning, reports UNB.

The deceased were identified as Abdul Hamid, 32, and Shahida, 28.

Sadikur Rahman, inspector of Panchlaish Police Station, said the accident occurred around 9:30 am in Shantirhat area of the Patiya upazila, leaving eight people critically injured.

They were rushed to Chattogram Medical College Hospital where physicians declared two of them dead upon arrival.

The rest are undergoing treatment at the hospital, he added.