Personal Correspondent:
Covered van pressed in Lakshmipur. A CNG driver named Suman (32) was killed. The accident took place at Mandari Bazar on the Laxmipur-Noakhali Regional Highway around 10 am on Saturday. The deceased Suman is the son of Ruhul Amin of Ratanpur village of Mandari union of Sadar upazila.
According to eyewitnesses, a covered van leaving from Lakshmipur for Dhaka lost control when it reached the Mandari Bazar bridge and went backwards. At that time, Suman was parking his CNG autorickshaw at the stand. He died on the spot when the covered van coming off the bridge crushed him.
Deputy Inspector (SI) of Chandraganj Highway Police Vijay Prasad Roy said that the body of the deceased driver was recovered and taken to the police station. The CNG and the covered van are in police custody. There will be a case in this case.