2 killed in Moulvibazar road collision

Two individuals were killed in a head-on collision between a microbus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal upazila on Monday evening.

One of the deceased was identified as Hannan Mia, 35, a driver from Uttar Baraura village, while the identity of the other victim could not be immediately confirmed.

The incident occurred in Sirajnagar area along the Dhaka-Sylhet regional highway.

According to eyewitnesses, the auto-rickshaw overturned after the collision, leaving multiple passengers injured.

Later, locals rescued four injured and took them to Moulvibazar General Hospital, where the on-duty doctors declared two of them dead. Another critically injured passenger was later referred to Sylhet for advanced treatment.

Sreemangal Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Zahirul Islam Munna confirmed the incident and said that the bodies have been sent to Moulvibazar General Hospital morgue for an autopsy.

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