BSS-08 4 killed in Sylhet road accident

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4 killed in Sylhet road accident

SYLHET, Jan 22, 2018 (BSS) – At least four people were killed and 10 others
injured as a bus, carrying devotees from Iztema, collided head-on with a
truck at Rashidpur Satmile area under South Surma upazila of the district on
Monday morning.

The deceased were identified as Abu Bakar, 50, Akbar Ali, 50, Abdul Jafur,
45, and Abdul Khalek, residents of Sunamganj Sadar upazila.

Officer-in-Charge of South Surma police station Khairul Fajal said the
accident occurred on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway at about 7.30 am when the two
vehicles collided head-on, leaving three bus passengers dead on the spot and
11 others injured.

The injured were taken to MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital where
another succumbed to his injuries.

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