Five killed as lorry rams into stranded passengers on Ctg highway

Five people, including women and a child, were killed and eight others injured when a speeding lorry ploughed into passengers waiting beside the Dhaka–Chattogram highway in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram early Tuesday.

Among the deceased, two were Fatema, 40, and her eight-year-old son Rakib, from Madan upazila in Netrokona while identities of the rest could not be known immediately. 

Sub Inspector (SI) Mohammad Ziauddin of Kumira highway police outpost said, a Netrokona bound bus from Chattogram city had stop near Royal Cement Gate in Kumira area due to a mechanical glitch. At that time, few passengers got off the bus and were waiting beside the highway, he said.

At around 1:15am, a speeding lorry first rammed into the rear of the bus before hitting several passengers killing three passengers on the spot. Another two passengers died after being taken to hospital, SI added.
The injured were undergoing treatment at the CMCH, he said.