2 Killed, 4 Injured As Bus Hits Auto in N’ganj

Two people, including a college student, were killed and four others injured when a speedy bus hit a CNG-run autorickshaw on the busy Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Araihazar Upazila of the district on Wednesday morning, reports UNB.

The deceased student was identified as Nafiz, son of Naim Mia of Rupganj Upazila.

He was a Class XI student of Government Safar Ali College. The identity of the other deceased is yet to be ascertained.

Azizul Haque, officer-in-charge of Araihazar Police Station, said the accident occurred at 8 am when the Narsingdibound ‘Badhan Paribahan’ bus crashed into the CNG-run auto-rickshaw, leaving its two passengers dead on the spot.

The four injured occupants of the auto-rickshaw were taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital for better treatment.