Two dead in Chittagong road mishap

Two people were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Patiya upazila in Chittagong on Thursday. The deceased are Mobarak, 22 and Jannatul Ferdous, 12. Patiya Highway Police Inspector ABM Mizanur Rahman said the accident took place when the bus, heading towards Cox’s Bazar, hit the three-wheeler coming from opposite direction at the upazila's Badamtal area. Mobarak and Jannatul, severely injured in the accident, were rushed to Chittagong Medical College Hospital where they were declared dead, he added. Police managed to seize the bus, while its driver fled the scene.