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Cumilla road crash kills 3

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Published: 12:49, 29 July 2021   Update: 12:51, 29 July 2021
Cumilla road crash kills 3

A covered van crashed into a tractor on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Harikhola area under Chandina upazila of Cumilla on Thursday (July 29) morning, leaving three people including the covered van driver dead and another injured.

The deceased were identified as sand worker Nurul Islam, 40, son of Abdul Jalil, hailing from Harikhola area, day labourer Foyjar Rahman, 40, son of Abdul Khaleque, from Rangpur and covered van driver Liton, 40.

Driver of the tractor Amir Hossain was taken to Cumilla Medical College Hospital in critical condition.

A Dhaka-bound covered van lost control and overturned after crushing into a tractor around 8:30am, leaving Nurul Islam and Foyjar Rahman died on the spot and driver of the vehicles injured, said Inspector Ziaul Haque Chowdhury, in-charge of Eliotganj Highway Police Outpost.

Later, the driver of the covered van died on the way to a hospital.

Police recovered the bodies of the deceased people.

Abdur Rahman/AI