Truck rams 3-wheeler on Panchagarh-Tetulia Highway, kills six

A truck has rammed a three-wheeler in the Charmile area on the Panchagarh-Tetulia Highway, killing five of a family, a woman, and injuring a child.

Panchagarh Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 22 May 2015, 06:28 AM
Updated : 22 May 2015, 01:59 PM

Sadar Upazila police in-charge Md Mominul Islam told bdnews24.com that all the victims were passengers of the three-wheeler auto-rickshaw.

The accident occurred around 10:45am on Friday.

The bodies had been sent to the Panchagarh Sadar Hospital’s mortuary, OC Islam said.

The deceased were identified as driver Mostafizur Rahman, 30, his cousin Amirul Islam, 36, Amirul’s wife ‘Jesmine’, 25, their daughter ‘Orpi’, 6, and relative ‘Monir’, a 10th grader.

The other deceased, a woman, and the injured child could not be identified. The child has been admitted to the Panchagarh Sadar Hospital.

Member of Satmerha Union Parishad Golam Rasul said Amirul, his family members and relatives were going to visit a relative at Masjidpara.

The OC said the truck driver fled the scene after it had collided head on with three-wheeler, killing six on spot.