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A woman and a 10-year-old girl were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a private car in the Baniarchhara area of Chakaria on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway on Wednesday afternoon.
The accident occurred around 3:30pm when a Cox’s Bazar-bound bus of Shadhin Travels collided head-on with a Chattogram-bound private car, according to police.
The deceased were identified as Ismat Ara, 55, and Ayesha, 10.
They were residents of Halishahar in Chattogram, although their ancestral home was in Chandpur.
The private car’s driver, Ashikur Rahman, 27, and Samrat, 30, Ismat Ara’s son, were seriously injured. Locals rescued them and sent them to hospital.
Officer-in-Charge of Chiringa Highway Police Station Jakibul Islam confirmed the incident, saying police had seized both vehicles and taken them into custody.
Legal proceedings are underway, he added. Amar Sangbad