Car overturns in fatal road accident, 9 dead
MTNews24 Desk: The death toll has increased to 9 when a dump truck engaged in border road work fell into a ditch in Udaipur 90 degree area of Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati. Assistant Superintendent of Police (Baghichari Circle) Abdul Awal confirmed the matter on Wednesday (April 24) around 10 pm.
He said, when the truck lost control and fell into a 100-feet deep ditch on the mountain, the car twisted and twisted. Army personnel and locals rescued the dead and injured.
He also said that after rescuing the injured workers and taking them to Khagrachari Sadar Hospital, doctors declared three others dead.
In this incident, the deceased who are in Khagrachhari Modern District Sadar Hospital are Abdul Mohan (16), Sagar (22), Babu (20) and Aliullah (35).
The injured in the accident are — Md. Lalon (18) father Abul Hasem, Ahir Uddin (40) and his sons Samiul (19), Mubarak Hossain (32), Lalon (18) and Zahid Hasan (24).
Injured Md. Lalon said, he was driving a drum truck to build a bridge in Udaipur of Baghaichhari upazila. While descending a big hill, the car lost control and fell into a deep ditch. There were 15 people in the vehicle including the piling machine.
Earlier in the afternoon, 6 workers were killed on the spot when a dump truck carrying workers fell into a ditch in the 90 degree area of the Udaipur border road in Sajek. Eight people were injured. Three later died.
According to local sources, the house of the injured workers is in Rangpur area. They were engaged in the construction of Harijapara bridge at a place called 17 km of the Udaipur Baghaichhari border road. They were returning from work to go home as work was over.
Atulal Chakma, chairman of Sajek Union Parishad, said that all those who were in the car were laborers engaged in border road work. There are many high and low hills on this road. The vehicle lost control and fell into a ditch while coming down at a place called 90 degrees on Udaipur road.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer Shirin Akhter said that a dump truck lost control and fell into a ditch on its way back to Khagrachari after the work on the Udaipur border road in Sajek at around 5:30 pm. There were a total of 17 workers in the vehicle.
