7 killed in Ctg bus crashes

Seven people were killed and several others injured in separate road accidents in Chittagong on Thursday morning.

Four people died in a road crash at Kalurghat Bridge in Chittagong at about 10:30am in the morning, reports out staff correspondent in Chittagong.

The accident took place when a Chittagong-bound bus from Netrakona entered the bridge and the steel-made ceiling of the bridge hit the rooftop passengers of the bus, killing three of them on the spot.

Several others also sustained injuries in the accident, our Chittagong correspondent reports quoting Chandgaon police.

The deceased were identified as Bachchu, 30, Anjuma, 70, Abdur Rashid, 40, and Shanu Mian, 35, of Netrakona.

Bachchu died on the way to Chittagong Medical College Hospital.

The bus was heading to Ahla Darbar Sharif to attend an Urs (religious gathering) at the shrine in Boalkhali upazila from Kenduya upazila of Netrakona.

The injured were rushed to Boalkhali Upazila Health Complex.

In another accident, at least three people, including two babies, were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Sitakunda upazila.

Sources said a Feni-bound speedy bus from Chittagong collided with a Cox’s Bazar-bound microbus from Dhaka in front of Sitakunda Upazila Health Complex at around 9:30am.

Microbus passengers Abdullah, 2, and Usrat, 1, died on the spot while Hazi Mobarak Hossain, 60, was declared dead when he was taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH).

Fifteen people were also injured during the road accident. They were admitted to CMCH.

7 killed in Ctg bus crashes

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