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4 killed as truck plunges into Cox's Bazar ditch

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Published: 06:07, 16 July 2018   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
4 killed as truck plunges into Cox's Bazar ditch

Cox's Bazar Correspondent: At least four people have died and four more injured as a truck plunged into a roadside ditch in Balukhali Customs area under Ukhiya upazila of Cox's Bazar district on Monday morning.

Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.

Cox's Bazar Additional police super Md Afruzul Haque Tutul said bamboo-laden a truck plunged into a roadside ditch in the area around 10:30am. Meanwhile, the bamboos in the truck hit passenger laden a easy bike, leaving 10 people critically injured.

Later, the injured were sent to local hospital where duty doctors declared four people dead including a woman and a child.

Following the accident, an eight-kilometer long tail back was created on Cox's Bazar-Teknaf road.


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