Cancer patient, driver killed in Ctg crash

A cancer patient and a driver of an ambulance died in a road accident on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong early Thursday.

The deceased are Akkas Mia, 65, a resident of Agrabad area in Chittagong city and ambulance driver Sanaullah, 34, of Itbaria village of Patuakhali sadar upazila.

The Chittagong-bound ambulance carrying cancer patient Akkas Mia along with his relatives hit a vehicle in Chhoto Darogarhat area of the upazila leaving six people in the ambulance injured, said Sitakunda fire service station official Owasi Azad.

Members of Sitakunda fire service rushed to the spot and took the injured to the local upazila health complex where physicians declared Akkas Mia and Sanaullah dead.

Other injured Rani Begum, wife of Akkas Mia, his son Zahid, his relatives Halima Begum and Ismail were later transferred to Chittagong Medical College and Hospital.

Source: Prothom Alo