6 killed, 10 injured as night coach crushes vehicles, pedestrians in Chuadanga

At least six people were killed and 10 others injured when a night coach rammed a number of vehicles and ran over pedestrians in Chuadanga.

The incident took place at Sarojganj Bazar area in Sadar upazila around 6:30am on Saturday.

The deceased were primarily identified as Shashthi Haldar, 40, Milon Hossain, 36, Raju, 35, Shohag, 25, Sharif Ali, 45, and Kalu, 40.


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Chuadanga Sadar police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Abu Zihad Md Fakrul Alam Khan confirmed the matter to Dhaka Tribune.

According to witnesses and police, a night coach of Royal Paribahan, entering Chuadanga from Chittagong, rammed into a three-wheeler, locally known as Alamshadhu, a motorcycle, another three-wheeler and some pedestrians, killing three people on the spot.

A total of 13 people others were injured and of them, three people who were critically injured succumbed while undergoing treatment at Chuadanga Sadar Hospital, locals said.