13 killed as truck rams human hauler

Staff Reporter Published: 22 March 2020, 09:23 AM
13 killed as truck rams human hauler

A truck rammed into a human hauler (locally known as Tempoo) in Lohagara upazila of Chattogram on Saturday night, leaving 13 people dead and 10 others injured. 

Identities of the deceased and injured could not be known immediately.

A salt-laden truck smashed a human hauler in Chunti Jangalia area on Chattogram-Cox's Bazar road, leaving 12 dead on the spot and injured 11 others, Chattogram Police superintendent SM Rashidul Haque told Jago News.

Among the injured, later one died, he said, adding that the injured were admitted to local hospital in Chunti, and Lohagara Upazila Health Complex.