3 killed in Chandpur road accident

At least three people were killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a CNG autorickshaw in Bagra Bazar area of Chandpur Sadar upazila on Friday night, police said.

The deceased were identified as Masud Patwari, 50, and Zakir Hossain Liton Hazari, 45, and Ripon Gazi, 35, all of them residents of Kachiara village in Faridganj Upazila Sadar of the district.

The accident occurred around 9:30pm when the cylinder carrying truck hit the auto-rickshaw coming from the opposite direction near Bagra Bazar area on Chandpur-Raypur highway, said Md Abdur Rashid, officer-in-charge (OC) of Chandpur Model police station.

The impact of the crash was such that the three people travelling in the auto died on the spot, added the OC.

The bodies were kept in the Chandpur Sadar Hospital, said the OC.

“Police seized the truck and arrested its driver,” added OC Abdur Rashid.

Road accidents are common in Bangladesh.

At least 2,329 people, including 291 women and 381 children, were killed and 4,361 others injured in 2,159 road accidents across the country in the first half of the current year, says a new report by the Road Safety Foundation.

The road accidents occurred on highways, and national, inter-district and regional roads between January 1 and June 30 across the country.