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Teenager killed in collision between ambulance and covered van in Feni
A head-on collision between an ambulance and a covered van has killed a 15-year-old boy in Feni's Daganbhuiyan Upazila.
Published : 18 April 2019, 05:54 AM
Updated : 18 April 2019, 05:54 AM
The accident took place on the Feni-Noakhali Highway near the Kashbon Community Centre at the Upazila's Muktarbari Doroja area on early Thursday.
The deceased has been identified as the ambulance driver's assistant Md Sagor.
"A Chattogram-bound ambulance from Noakhali collided head-on with a Lakshmipur-bound covered van coming from Chattogram, leaving Sagor dead on the spot," said Daganbhuiyan Police OC Saleh Ahmed.
Informed of the matter, police rushed to the spot and seized the vehicles but the driver and his assistant of covered van managed to escape.
The body was sent to Feni Sadar Hospital's morgue for an autopsy.
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