4 killed in Habiganj road crash

Four people including a one-year-old baby were killed and three injured as a tractor rammed a battery-run three-wheeler in Habiganj Sadar upazila this morning.

Three of the deceased were identified as Lal Miah, 60, of Daulatpur village in Baniachong upazila; Karim Miah, 40, of Halimganj village of Sadar upazila; and Samia, one-year-old daughter of Sahed Miah of Aliganj village in Sadar upazila of the district.

All the dead and injured victims were the passengers of the human hauler, our Moulvibazar correspondent reports quoting Najimuddin, officer-in-charge of Habiganj Sadar Police Station.

A tractor hit the oncoming three-wheeler at Umednagar village on Nabiganj road around 8:45am, leaving four passengers dead on the spot, the OC said.

The injured people are now undergoing treatment at Habiganj Sadar Hospital, he added.

Police seized the tractor but its driver fled the scene.