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4 killed in Mymensingh road accident
MYMENSINGH, Jan 29, 2020 (BSS) – Four people were killed as a bus hit a
battery-run auto-rickshaw on Mymensingh-Kishoreganj Highway in Gouripur
upazila of Mymensingh this morning.
The deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw driver Rafikul Islam, 55,
Chahara Banu, 62, Lal Miah, 50, and Rabeya Khatun, 75, police sources said.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Gouripur police station Borhan Uddin said the
accident took place when the Mymensingh-bound bus hit the auto-rickshaw,
leaving Chhahara Banu dead on the spot. Three critically injured people were
rushed to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, where the on-duty doctors
declared them dead.
Police seized the bus but its driver managed to flee away from the spot.
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