
Autorickshaw collides with passenger bus in Narsingdi, 3 killed
Three people, including the driver of a battery-operated auto-rickshaw, were killed when a passenger bus ran over the wheel on the highway in Madhavadi (Dhaka-Sylhet) of Narsingdi Sadar Upazila.
The accident happened on Thursday (October 23) around 11:30 pm in Rainadi area of Madhabadi upazila on Dhaka-Sylhet highway.
The deceased are Siam Mia (22), son of Azizul Islam, Sabbir, son of Altaf Hossain of the same village.Son of Hussain (28) and Rabiul Islam (autorickshaw driver) Fahim Mia (30). All of them are residents of Rainadi village of Nuralapur union under Madhavadi police station. The relatives of the deceased said that the three of them were going from Madhavadi to Rainadi in an auto-rickshaw at night. While the auto-rickshaw was crossing the Dhaka-Sylhet highway, a high-speed bus going to Sylhet hit the auto-rickshaw. Among the three, Siam died on the spot. The other twoOn the way to Dhaka with serious injuries, Fahim and Sabbir died while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Talking to the locals, it is known that they live in Mohalla besides Rainadi village. Among the three dead, Siam was unmarried and the other two were married. Fahim, an autorickshaw driver, has a daughter. Burial of three people in the same saree in the local cemetery after the Friday prayer after the funeral prayerhas been
Itakhola Highway Police Officer-in-Charge (OC) Monir Hossain said that one person died on the spot and two others died in the hospital after the speeding passenger bus ran over the wheels. After the incident, the police recovered the body and handed it over to the family. The killer bus was impounded but the bus driver and helper escaped.