UNB, Chattogram :
Five people were dead and one person was injured after a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw collided in Chattogram’s Boalkhali upazila today, police said.
Three of the deceased were identified as Md. Selim (45) of Boalkhali’s Mirpara, Anjana Akter (35) of Mirsarai’s Jorarganj, and Babul Dey (60) of Patiya’s Baidyabari.
The accident occurred at around 9 am at Boalkhali’s Raykhalipul area.
Abdur Razzak, officer-in-charge of Boalkhali police station said there were six passengers in the CNG-run auto-rickshaw. Four of them were dead on the spot while another died on the way to the hospital.
The injured, identified as Md Jalil (24) of Patiya’s Monsa Badamtol area, was taken to Chattogram Medical College Hospital. The bus driver, Jaker Hossain, was arrested, OC Razzak said.
The two vehicles, involved in the collision, were seized from the spot.