Trucks kill 6 in Gazipur

Six people were killed in two separate incidents of trucks ramming four-wheel ‘Leguna’, at Gazipur’s Kalyakoir Upazila on Tuesday.

Gazipur Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 15 April 2014, 05:25 AM
Updated : 15 April 2014, 08:33 AM

Among them, five died in the accident in front of Chandra Forest Office on Dhaka-Tangail Highway at around 7am, police said.

The ‘Leguna’ was heading for Konabari from Chandra when a truck, going the other way, rammed into it, OC Alamgir Siddiqui of Konabari Solna Highway Police, said quoting witnesses.

He said Khadiza Akhet, 23, from Bogra, died on spot. She hailed from Bogra.

Abdul Khalek, 40 from Natore, Abdul Hakim, 45, of Gopalpur, Abdus Sobhan, 30, from Sirajganj and an unidentified man succumbed to their injuries after they were taken to the Kalyakoir Upazila Health Centre.

At least five more are admitted there with injuries.

Another ‘Leguna’ passenger was killed at Tongi’s Shilmun area when the vehicle was hit by a truck at around 6am, said Tongi Police SI Md Helal Uddin.

Bedena Akhter, 42, from Netrokona, died and eight others were injured.

Among them two critically injured passengers – Abdul Barek, 35 of Tongi and ‘Mamun’ from Shilmun -- have been transferred to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.