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July
14, 2000
Sirajganj,
July 13 (UNB)- A head-on-collision between a night coach and a truck
left nine people dead and 35 others injured at Dekrirchar on Dhaka-Rangpur
highway here early today (Thursday).
Four
of the deceased were identified as Alauddin, 42, Nishat Jahan Eva, 28,
Rowshan Ara, 48, and Golam Sarwar Jewel 35. Drive of the bus, whose
name could not be known immediately, was among the dead.
Police
and hospital sources said the fatal mishap took place when a Bogra-bound
pineapple-laden truck collided with a Dhaka-bound night coach from
Rangpur in the area, 4kms off the Bangabandhu Bridge.
Six
of the injured were admitted to Sadar Hospital and four to Rangpur
while four others sent to Dhaka.
The
bodies of the victims were taken to Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy.
Police
seized the truck but the driver fled the scene. A case was filed.
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