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18 killed, 75 injured in five accidents

From Our Correspondent
Al least 18 people were killed and 75 injured in five accidents on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway yesterday.
Seven people were killed and 45 injured when a Chi-ttagong-bound bus from Dhaka rammed a rickshaw and plunged Into a road side canal near Amirabad area in Daudkandi thana of Com!Ila district
Witnesses said the bus hit the rickshaw and then skidded off the road at about 12-30 pm
The dead who could not be identified immediately, included a 12-year-old girl pas senger of the rickshaw, the rickshawpuller and a baby
The injured passengers were admitted to Daudkandi. Gouripur Comilla and Dhaka hospital
In another mishap, on the Highway In Comilla three pas sengers of an autorickshaw and its driver were killed when a
truck dashed It near Sreeman tapur area in Sadar thana ai about 9 in the morning
Three of the victims were identified as Md Hanil 1221 autorickshaw driver Shaheen Mia (24) and Dr Slrajuddin The other could not be identified.
After the accident i he truck sped away
ln» the third Hccideni a labourer died after a llink, overturned on the Dhaka < T a ttagong highway near C oud dagram bazar at about 9 am
Three cases were filed with Chauddagram. Daudkandi and Comilla Kotwali police
Our Staff ( orrespondeiit %dds from Chill.igbng The fourth mishap occurred at Patishlla under Sitakundu thana at 1 pm when ' I ihaka bound truck and a I hiti.igong bound bus from Biaiiinanbaria
Collided head on. A woman aged 25. a girl 16, and a baby died on the spot.
Thirty other passengers injured in the accident were rushed to hospitals and clin-
The bus fell into a roadside ditch and the drivers of both the vehicles fled, said police. „
In another mishap on the! highway at Comllla, a Chittagong-bound truck hit an autorickshaw from behind killing its driver and two passengers;
The truck escaped but was later caught by Mirersharal Police.
Defails were not available.