4 killed in Noakhali road crash

Four people, including a woman and her daughter, were killed after a bus hit a CNG-driven auto-rickshaw in Noakhali’s Begumganj today.

The deceased were identified as Khadiza Begum, 40, her daughter Kamrunnahar Poly, 24, Wahiduzzaman Shakil, 19, and Raju Ahmed, 35.

The incident took place around 3:00pm near Ekhlaspur Bazar on Maizdi-Choumohoni road, our local correspondent reports quoting police.

The vehicles were coming in from opposite direction, said Feroz Hossain Mollah, officer-in-charge of Begumganj Police Station.

He added: “The dead were all passengers of the three-wheeler who died on the spot. Another person was injured in the incident.”

Injured Rony, 25, was first taken to Noakhali General Hospital and later referred to Dhaka for better treatment as his condition deteriorated.