One army man killed, 22 Ansar, army men hurt in road crashes
An army sergeant was killed in a road accident in Kesharhat town of Mohonpur upazila yesterday.
The victim was identified as Anwar Hossain, son of Kalimuddin Sheikh of Ramrama village in Bagmara upazila.
Anwar's motorcycle collided head-on with a truck on Rajshahi-Naogaon road at around 7:00am, leaving him injured critically.
He was rushed to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
Twenty-two members of Bangladesh Ansar and army were injured in separate road accidents in Chittagong and Narayanganj early yesterday.
A bus, reserved for carrying Ansar men from Netrakona to Kaptai, plunged into a roadside ditch at Dargarhat of Shitakunda upazila at around 4:00am, leaving 20 Ansar members injured, said police.
The injured were admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) and other local hospitals.
Our Naraynganj correspondent adds: Two army personnel were injured as an army truck of Khagrachhari unit skidded off the Kanchpur Bridge and fell into a ditch.
Severely injured driver Lance Corporal Khalil Ahmed and Lance Corporal Anowar Hossain were taken to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka.
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