Child among two killed in Patuakhali road accident

Two others have been injured in the incident

Two people, including a child, have been killed in a collision between an autorickshaw and three-wheeled vehicle transporting cement in Patuakhali’s Dumki Upazila.

Two others were injured in the accident, which occurred around 9:30am on Friday in the Rajakhali area of the Pagla-Bauphal regional highway near Lebukhali’s Payra Bridge, according to Dumki Police Station chief (OC) Md Selim Uddin.

The dead were identified as 6-year-old Robiul, and 65-year-old Ibrahim, both passengers on an autorickshaw.

The injured are Md Sumon Sardar, 25, and Abdul Kader, 50, residents of Jhilna and Kalta villages in Bauphal Upazila.

The accident occurred when the autorickshaw, headed towards Badarpur Bazaar from Bauphal, collided head-on with the cement-laden three-wheeler, said OC Selim.

The impact caused the autorickshaw to overturn, leaving four passengers, including Robiul, seriously injured.

Locals rescued the injured before police arrived and took them to Dumki Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared Robiul and Ibrahim dead.

The critically injured Sumon and Kader were later referred to Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital, the OC said.

He added that the bodies would be sent to the Patuakhali Medical College Hospital morgue for post-mortem, and that legal proceedings over the incident were under way.