One killed, 3 injured in Bagerhat road crash

A road accident has killed one person and injured three others in Bagerhat.

Bagerhat Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 27 Sept 2016, 12:40 PM
Updated : 27 Sept 2016, 12:40 PM

The accident occured in front of the town’s court on Tuesday morning, said traffic police Sub-Inspector Md Imran Hossain.

He identified the deceased as Azim Sikder, 30, of Kochua Upazila.

His brother Alamgir, who was admitted to Bagerhat Sadar Hospital with injuries, said that they were on their way to the court on a rickshaw-van when a bus hit it and an auto-rickshaw.

Doctors at the hospital declared Azim dead after he was rushed there along with the three others.

Apart from Alamgir, the two others seriously injured admitted to the hospital were identified as rickshaw-van driver Sohrab and another passenger of the van, Saidur Rahman, SI Hossain said.

He added that the bus had been impounded, but the driver had fled the spot.