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ACCIDENT-MYMENSINGH
Road accident kills three in Mymensingh
MYMENSINGH, April 28, 2021 (BSS) – Three persons including the driver of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed and another was injured in a road accident in Khicha area on the Mymensingh-Netrakona highway under Tarakanda upazila of the district this morning.
The deceased were identified as Shahid Mia, 33, driver of the CNG-run auto-rickshaw, Khalil Mia, 32, and Masum Mia, 36, hailing from Durgapur upazila of Netrakona.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Tarakanda Police Station Md Abul Khayer said the accident occurred when a Mymensingh-bound CNG-run auto-rickshaw collided head-on with a truck coming from the opposite direction in the area around 10 am, leaving Shahid Mia dead on the spot and injuring three other passengers of the vehicle.
The injured were rushed to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) where on-duty doctors declared Khalil Mia and Masum Mia dead.
Besides, another critically injured passenger, Aminul Islam, 22, is undergoing treatment at the MMCH.
Police seized both the vehicles but driver of the truck managed to flee the scene.
Being informed, police recovered the bodies and sent those to MMCH morgue for autopsy.
A case was filed with Tarakanda Police Station in this connection.
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