Five policemen were injured as a truck collided head-on with a pickup van carrying them at Beltoli in Sadar Dakshin upazila on Tuesday morning.
The injured were identified as sergeant Anwar Hossain, constables Shamsuddin, Ruhul Amin, Abdul Hamid and Mihir Kanti of Moynamati Highway Police outpost.Officer-in-charge of the police outpost Mashiur Rahman said the Dhaka-bound truck collided with the pickup van carrying a petrol team of police on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway around 7:30am, leaving the five cops injured.The injured policemen were first taken to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Comilla and later shifted to Comilla Medical College Hospital.Of the injured, condition of two was stated to be critical. The truck was seized but its driver managed to flee the scene. -UNB, Comilla
