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Man, wife killed, three injured in Comilla road crash
A man and his wife have been killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a microbus and an auto-rickshaw in Comilla’s Lalmai Uttarparh.
Published : 18 Nov 2015, 09:06 AM
Updated : 18 Nov 2015, 09:06 AM
Ali Azam, 48, and his wife Samna Khatun, 35, were killed when a microbus coming from the opposite direction rammed into the auto-rickshaw they were travelling in.
The accident occurred around 10:15am on Wednesday, Sub-Inspector Lutfur Rahman of Lalmai Highway Police Camp told bdnews24.com.
Three other passengers of the auto-rickshaw were injured. They were admitted to the Comilla Medical College Hospital.
The bodies of the dead and the mangled auto-rickshaw have been kept in the police camp.
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