2 killed in Chattogram road crash

Two people were killed  in a collsion between a private car and an auto-rickshaw  in the port city on Sunday.

The deceased were identified as Raju Dash,40, the auto-rickshaw driver from Halishahar area and Josna Ara Begum, 75, passenger of the private car.

The accident occurred around 2:30 pm near Kalushah bypass at Banglabazar area on Sitakunda-Patenga road.

The private car heading towards the city from Mirsarai collided with the battery driven auto -rickshaw coming from the opposite side of the road leaving its driver Raju dead on the spot, said the witnesses.

Josna Begum was taken to Chattogram Medical College Hospital in a critical condition where doctors announced her dead , said Zakir Hossain, Officer-in-Charge of Akbar Shah police station.

“Josna’s son Maruf and the car driver remained unhurt. The car was seized but the driver managed to flee”, said OC Zakir Hossain.