Separate road accidents kill 2 in Ctg
BSS :
Two persons were killed in separate road accidents under different upazilas of the district on Monday.
The deceased were identified as Abdur Rahman, a resident of South Alinagar in Mirsarai upazila and Arif, son of Abdur Shukkur, hailed from Rahmatghona in Uttar Madarsha Union under Satkania upazila of the district.
A pedestrian Abdur Rahman, 42, died after a gas cylinder-carrying vehicle overturned in Mirsarai area this morning. The driver and helper were seriously injured in the incident.
In another incident, a biker named Md. Arif, 19, died after falling off his motorcycle and being hit by a truck in Fatiyabad area along the Chattogram- Hathazari road on Monday afternoon.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kumira Highway Police Station Zakir Rabbani reported that a tragic accident occurred when a Chattogram-bound truck carrying an LPG cylinder hit pedestrian Abdur Rahman and overturned on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Mirsarai’s Nizampur area around 7:30 am as the driver lost control over its steering. Rahman, also a visually impaired beggar, died on the spot and driver and helper of the truck injured critically in the accident, he added.
Being informed, police rushed to the scene and recovered the body and the injured were taken to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital. Identities of the wounded persons could not be known immediately.
On Monday around 10 am, a tragic incident occurred on the Chattogram-Oxygen-Hathazari highway resulting in the death of a 19-year old biker named Md. Arif, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Raozan Highway Police Mohammad Ullah confirmed.
He was thrown from his motorcycle and hit by a truck in front of Fatehabad Girls High School in Chikandandi union of Hathazari upazila, the OC said, adding, “Arif had accompanied his uncle Mamun to Nandirhat for a family event and met with the accident on their way back. When a rickshaw toppled over, Mamun braked suddenly causing Arif to fall onto the road where he was struck by a passing truck heading towards the city.”
The truck driver fled the scene after the collision. Arif was critically injured and rushed to CMCH where the on-duty doctors declared him dead.