7 killed in Chattogram's Lohagara road crash

At least seven people were killed and several others injured when a bus and a microbus collided on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway in Lohagara upazila on Wednesday morning.

Five of the deceased were identified as Md Zahed, Rifat, Nazim, Jihan Hossain Opu, and Siddique, all hailing from Lohagara upazila.

According to Officer-in-Charge Shuvo Ranjan Chakma of Dohazari Highway Police Station, the collision between the bus and the microbus occurred around 7.00 am in the Chunti Jangalia area of Lohagara upazila of Chattogram.

A witness and an injured bus passenger reported that the Chattogram-bound Relax Paribahan bus lost control. Moments later, the speeding Cox’s Bazar-bound microbus crashed into it, killing seven people on the spot and injuring four to five others.

Members from Lohagara Fire Service and police stations rescued the injured and sent to the nearby hospitals.

The vehicular movement on the busy highway remained suspended as of filing this report around 9:30am.   

Earlier on March 31, five people were killed and six others injured in a deadly road accident in Chunti area.