Five passengers of a battery-operated autorickshaw were killed and three others injured after the three-wheeler was once hit by a Dhaka-sure educate in Cumilla’s Burichong Upazila this morning (26 November).
The accident came about at around 10am at an unauthorised railway crossing in the upazila’s Kalikapur space, confirmed Burichong Police Purpose Officer-in-Worth (OC) Azizul Haque.
The inter-metropolis Chattola Narrate hit the autorickshaw fats of passengers as the driver of the three-wheeler tried to scary the illegal level crossing in the Kalikapur space in a whisk on the identical time the educate was once passing the space, he mentioned.
“Four of the passengers were killed on the space and one more died on suggestions to a local scientific institution. No less than three others were injured in the incident,” mentioned OC Azizul.
The deceased had been acknowledged as Rafiq Mia, Lutfa Begum, Sanu Mia, Safarjan Begum, and Saju Mia – all from the upazila’s Bakshimul village.
The collision left the three-wheeler fully crushed and in objects, while the victims’ our bodies were severely mutilated, OC Azizul mentioned.
The rural railway crossing had no gateman to place up the signal for the vehicles coming from either aspect.
Railway police had been informed and can receive to unruffled handle the legal lawsuits after they arrive, mentioned Azizul.
