2 siblings die in Cumilla road accident

Two siblings were killed and three others injured as a bus hit them on the Cumilla-Sylhet regional highway in the Chagura area under Debidwar upazila in Cumilla. 

The deceased are- Junayed, 12, and his sister Fahima Akter, 9. Both of them are the children of Jahangir Alam of Hossainpur village under Debidwar upazila of the district.

The accident occurred in the area when they were going to Sogura from Hossainpur on an auto rickshaw. On the way, a Cumilla-bound bus of New Sugandha Paribahan hit the auto-rickshaw in the Chagura area around 8:30pm on Thursday, leaving Junayed dead on the spot and four others, including the father of the two children, injured, said Superintendent of Police of Cumilla Region of Highway Police Khairul Alam.

Of the injured, Fahima Akter died on the way to a hospital.

The bodies were sent to Cumilla Hospital for postmortem examination, he added.