Two children students were killed in a collision between a bus and a CNG-powered auto-rickshaw in Comilla. The incident took place on Thursday night in Chagura area of Jafarganj union of Debidwar upazila on Comilla-Sylhet regional highway. The dead students are Junaid Hossain (12) and Fahima (9). The deceased are children of Jahangir Alam of Hossainpur village of that union. Both of them used to study in Chagura Abtedayi Madrasa.
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According to police and locals, after Thursday evening, Jahangir Alam was going to take his two children to Chagura residential madrasa in a CNG-powered auto-rickshaw. A Sugandha Transport passenger bus overturned the CNG autorickshaw they were carrying near the madrasa. Junaid and Fahima were killed on the spot. At that time, three others including the father of the deceased were injured. Locals rescued the injured and admitted them to Devidwar Upazila Health Complex.
Superintendent of Police of Highway Police Comilla Region Khairul Alam said, a passenger bus of Sugandha Transport collided head-on with CNG. Two madrasa students were killed on the spot. We recovered two accident vehicles from the spot. Necessary measures will be taken after investigating the matter.
