Six die as car plunges into ditch in Comilla

Six persons, including three children, were killed and three others injured as a private car plunged into a ditch in Kalia Cho area, Laksam upazila,  Comilla yesterday morning. The deceased are assistant manager of Berger Paints Shahabuddin Robi, 45, his daughters Raika Tabasum, 7, and Raisa Muntasir, 12, Anwarul Kabir Sohag, 40, and his son Muntakim Shaheen, 4. Officer-in-charge of Laksam Police Station Mahfuj Ahmed said the Dhaka-bound private car, coming from Noakhali, fell into a roadside ditch after hitting a bridge in the area as its driver lost control over the steering around 6:45am, leaving a child and a man dead on the spot and four others injured. The injured were admitted to Laksam Upazila Health Complex where two children and a woman succumbed to their injures later, the OC added. In the afternoon, Marzan Begum Nisho, wife of Anwarul Kabir Sohag, gave birth to a dead baby daughter at Comilla Medical College Hospital. After the accident, Robi’s wife Jannat, 29, their another daughter Montasir, 6, and Kobir’s wife Marzan Begum Nisho, 32, were undergoing treatment at the hospital.Man killed in Ctg as bus hits himA septuagenarian was killed and six others were injured when a speedy city service bus rammed a group of people who were waiting for transport in Chittagong city’s Dewanhat Flyover area yesterday morning, reports Chittagong correspondent FM Mizanur Rahman. The deceased was identfied as Saleh Ahmed, 75, a resident of Munsipara area of Eidgao under Halishahar police station, said police sources. During the accident, six other persons were injured, said police. Sub-Inspector (SI) Manik Mia of Double Mooring police station said a Patenga-bound city service bus hit a group of commuters who were waiting for their transport beside the road under Dewanhat Flyover around 9pm, leaving seven critically injured. Later, on-duty traffic police and locals rescued the injured and sent them to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) where the on-duty doctors declared Saleh dead, said the SI.