Cox’s Bazar, Oct 29 (V7N)- A woman and her young daughter were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a private car on the Chattogram–Cox’s Bazar highway in Chakaria upazila on Wednesday afternoon.
The accident occurred at around 3:30pm on a bend at Amtala Hill in the Baniarchhara area of the upazila.
The deceased were identified as Ismat Ara, 55, and her daughter Ayesha, 10. They were residents of the Halishahar area of Chattogram.
The injured were identified as private car driver Ashikur Rahman, 27, and Ismat Ara’s son Samrat, 30.
Zakibul Islam, officer-in-charge of Chiringa Highway Police Station, confirmed the accident. He said a bus operated by Swadhin Travels was travelling from Chattogram to Cox’s Bazar when it collided head-on with a private car coming from the opposite direction.
Police seized both vehicles following the accident and took them into custody. The bodies were recovered and taken to Chakaria Upazila Health Complex.
The officer-in-charge said the victims’ family members had arrived at the hospital. At the family’s request, authorities were processing the handover of the bodies without autopsies.
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