3 of a family die in Ctg road crash

Staff Correspondent, Ctg
Three people of a family were killed and three others injured as a bus rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Chittagong-Dhaka Highway in Mirsarai Bazar area yesterday. The deceased were identified as Liton, 35, his wife Nasima, 27, and their two-year-old son Raihan. Another son of the deceased couple Rakib, 6, was also injured in the accident. Liton was driving the CNG-run auto-rickshaw with his family members towards their home at Baro Awlia under Sitakunda Police Station of Chittagong from his in-law's home at Mirsarai, police said. Two other injured--Amir Hossain, and Nuruzzaman were passengers of the bus. The injured were taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital. Sources said around 2:15pm, a Noakhali-bound bus rammed the auto-rickshaw and fell into a pond beside the road. Police seized the bus. Our correspondent from Thakurgaon reports: A helper of a tractor driver was killed and the driver and another helper were injured as it fell into a roadside ditch at Sardrpara village in sadar upazila of Panchagarh early yesterday. Moksedul, 30, of Khulishakuri village under Thakurgaon sadar uapzila, died instantly.