<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">NARYANGANJ, Oct 9, 2022 (BSS) – Five persons including an auto-rickshaw driver were killed and six others injured in a road accident at Kanchpur bridge of Siddirganj on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in the district this morning</b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Among the deceased, four were identified as auto-rickshaw driver Abu Hanif, 25, Mamun, 25, Nuruddin, 45, Jamal Mia, 42 while the identity of another person, thought to be 35 years old, is yet to be ascertained.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The accident occurred in the area at 9:30 am as a Dhaka-bound microbus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw carrying eight passengers bound to opposite direction, leaving auto-rickshaw passenger Nuruddin dead on the spot, said Nabir Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kanchpur Highway police station.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Later, six to seven injured persons were immediately rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and others to two local hospitals.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But, the duty doctor announced three of the injured death on arrival to DMCH.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another injured Jamal Mia succumbed to her injury around 12:30pm while undergoing treatment at the hospital.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Police, however, seized the microbus but its driver managed to flee. BSS</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>