Four killed as covered van crashes into microbus returning from wedding

Four people were killed and at least eight others injured when a covered van collided head-on with a microbus in Chattogram’s Karnaphuli upazila early Sunday.

The accident occurred around 2:45am on Sunday at Shikalbaha Choumuhani on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar Highway, police and local sources said.

The microbus was carrying family members and relatives returning to Eidgaon in Cox’s Bazar after attending a wedding ceremony at a community centre in Agrabad, Chattogram.

According to police, the covered van was making a U-turn when it collided with the microbus.

The impact left the front of the microbus badly mangled.

Two passengers, identified as Ferdous Alam, 55, and Miptha, 17, died at the scene. The microbus driver, Munna, 40, and another passenger later died while undergoing treatment at Chattogram Medical College Hospital.

Local residents, firefighters and police rescued the victims and took the injured to the hospital. Several of the injured were reported to be in critical condition.

Karnaphuli police said the covered van has been seized, but its driver and assistant fled the scene. Police are conducting a drive to arrest them, and legal proceedings are underway.