Truck hits human hauler on Ctg-Cox’s Bazar Highway: 12 dead

Chitttagong, March 21 – At least 12 people were killed and two others injured in a fatal road accident at Padua in Lohagara Upazila on Saturday night as a truck hit a human hauler coming from the opposite direction. Officer-in-charge of Lohagara Police Station Zakir Hossain said the accident occurred on the Dhaka-Cox’s Bazar Highway at around 10:10 pm when a truck hit a human-hauler coming from the opposite direction. The accident left 10 people dead on the spot and injured four others.
The injured were taken to Padua Health Complex where doctors declared two more dead.
The bodies of the deceased were also taken to the hospital. Further details of the incident were unavailable immediately – UNB