Chattogram, Oct 17 (UNB) – A senior bank official was killed and two other people were injured as a speeding bus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw carrying them at Dewanhat area under Double Mooring Police Station in the port city on Wednesday morning.
The deceased was identified as Anwarul Azim, 56, assistant vice-president of Islami Bank Khatunganj branch and a resident of Haitkandi area in Mirsharai upazila.
The accident took place when Anwarul along with one of his colleague was going to his office around 10 am, said Sub-inspector Alauddin Talukdar of Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) police outpost quoting family members.
The bus hit the autorickshaw while crossing the Dewanhat flyover, leaving them critically injured.
Doctors declared Anwarul dead at noon when he was taken to CMCH while his colleague Shaidul Islam, 45, and CNG driver Jahir Uddin,40, are undergoing treatment at the hospital, the SI added.