4 killed in Kushtia road crash
10 January 2022, 02:57 pm | Updated: 27 November 2024, 12:42 pm
Four people were killed and another was injured in a road accident on Kushtia-Jhenidah road in Kushtia Sadar upazila early Monday.
The deceased were identified as Muktar Hossain, 50, and passengers Jasmine, 30, Rozina Khatun, 27, and Swapna Rani, 45.
Officer-in-charge (OC) of Kushtia Highway Police Idris Ali said the Jhenidah-bound truck hit the rickshaw van coming from the opposite direction in front of Mandal Hotel in Battail Dakshinpara area around 5:30am, leaving four people dead and one injured.
Injured Tahmina was sent to Kushtia General Hospital in critical condition.
Police seized the truck. However, the truck driver managed to flee, said the OC. The bodies were sent to the hospital morgue for autopsy, he added.
