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At least 7 dead in Dhamrai road crash
At least seven people have been killed in a road accident at Dhamrai, on the outskirt of Dhaka, after a private car was sandwiched between two buses.
Published : 18 April 2015, 09:58 AM
Updated : 18 April 2015, 03:32 PM
Also Read: Six die in road accidents
The accident took place at Bathuli on the busy Dhaka-Aricha Highway around 2:30pm on Saturday.
Dhamrai Police Station OC Firoz Talukder told bdnews24.com six people including a child, all of them passengers of the car, died on the spot.
At least 20 injured were admitted to different local hospitals. Some of them were in critical conditions.
One of them, another passenger of the car, died at the Manikganj Sadar Hospital while undergoing treatment.
The injured also include passengers of the buses.
All the victims are yet to be identified.
Passengers of the car were on their way to attend a wedding in Manikganj’s Atigram, police said.
Traffic on the highway resumed after being closed for nearly 30 minutes following the accident.
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