Accident kills 13 in eastern Bangladesh

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 15:41 [IST]

Dhaka, Mar 8 (UNI) Thirteen people were killed and 30 others injured in an accident on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Bangladesh 's eastern district of Comilla today.

Police said a Chittagong-bound bus collided head-on with a Dhaka-bound microbus at noon, which left 11 people, including the microbus driver, dead on the spot and injured 32 others. Two of the injured died on the way to hospital.

The condition of the seven injured was stated to be critical. The driver and the helper of the bus fled immediately after the accident.

UNI

Topics: ACCIDENT-BANGLA-BUS

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