Man, son among four killed in Comilla road accident

Four people, including a man and his minor son, were killed and 10 others injured as a bus fell into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway at Daudkandi in Comilla early Monday.

The deceased were identified as Sahabuddin, 35, his son Abu Hanif, 6, and Nurul Hasan Rifat, 29, residents of Lohagara upazila, and Amzad Hossain, 27, of Satkania upazila in Chittagong.

The accident took place at Raipur around 3:45am when a Chittagong-bound bus of Saudia Paribahan skidded on the road and hit a tree as its driver lost control over steering, said Abul Kalam Azad, officer-in-charge of Daudkandi police station.

The bus later fell into the ditch leaving four passengers dead on the spot and 10 others injured, he said.

Daudkandi highway police and fire service men conducted rescue operation.

The injured were rushed to a local hospital and later sent to Dhaka for better treatment, he added.

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