6 killed in road crashes in Sunamganj; day’s countrywide toll hits 14

At least five people, including four relatives, were killed after a bus and a CNG-run auto rickshaw suffered a head-on collision at Jalalpur, Chhatak upazila in Sunamganj on Monday afternoon.

In a separate incident, a woman was crushed to death by a speeding bus while crossing the Derai-Madanpur road in the Derai upazila of the district.

The latest fatalities raised the day’s death toll from road crashes across the country to 14.

In Chhatak upazila, around 3pm, a bus of Rifat Paribahan company from Dhaka collided with a CNG-run auto rickshaw that was headed towards Sylhet.

Two passengers of the auto rickshaw died on the spot, and three more died while they were being taken to the Osmani Medical College Hospital in Sylhet.

Morshed Alam, sub-inspector at the hospital’s police outpost, confirmed the casualties.

A passenger of the bus claimed the bus driver was talking over his mobile phone when the crash happened.

Four of the deceased are: Yusuf Ali, his daughter Keya Moni, 1, his niece Nilofar Begum, 35, and Nilofar’s husband Shahab Uddin, 45. All of them hailed from Tahirpur upazila of the district.

The identity of the CNG-run auto rickshaw driver could not be determined.

Separately, a woman was killed on the Derai-Madanpur road. Her identity could not be determined as her relatives were yet to contact the police, said Additional Police Superintendent Sujan Sarkar.