3 RMG workers killed in Chattogram road crash

Published : 29 Dec 2018, 13:16

Sahos Desk

Three garment workers were killed and 40 others injured as a bus carrying them hit another stationary bus in KEPZ area under Anwara thana on Saturday morning.

The deceased were identified as Mohammad Latif, 50, Sultana Razia, 35, and Md Irfan, 27.

Md Arefin Jewel, additional deputy commissioner of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (port), said that the bus carrying workers of KEPZ ( Korean Export Procession Zone) hit another stationary around 8:30 am as the driver lost control over the steering, leaving Latif dead and at least 42 workers injured.

The injured were taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital where doctors declared Sultana and Irfan dead.

Angered by the accident, a group of agitated workers torched three buses of KEPZ.

Source: unb

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