Teenage madrasa student killed in bus-CNG collision on way to Jaflong

A madrasa student was killed and three members of her family were injured when a passenger bus rammed their CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Sylhet-Tamabil highway while they were travelling to Jaflong on Monday (August 24).

The accident took place around 11:30am near the Gas Fields Main Gate in Chiknagool area of Jaintapur upazila.

The deceased was identified as Nusrat Tasnim, 15, a resident of Dholaipar in Dhaka's Jatrabari and a student of a local madrasa.

Her mother, Kulsum Begum, 55, maternal uncle Mohammad Ali, 30, and maternal aunt Sumaiya Akter, 26, were injured in the crash.

Police and local residents said Nusrat was travelling to Jaflong with her mother, aunt and uncle in the CNG auto-rickshaw from Sylhet. As they reached the Chiknagool Gas Fields Main Gate, a passenger bus coming from the opposite direction struck the vehicle.

Nusrat died on the spot, while the three others sustained injuries. Locals rescued the injured and took them to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital.

Tamabil Highway Police Station OC Sanjoy Chakraborty said police recovered Nusrat's body from the scene and sent it to the hospital.

The bus driver fled immediately after the crash, he added.