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14 injured as private car ploughs into crowd at Kurmitola


Bangladeshpost
Published : 23 Feb 2020 08:57 PM | Updated : 06 Sep 2020 05:13 PM

At least 14 people including women and children were injured as a speeding private car rammed into a crowd in front of Kurmitola General Hospital in the capital at around 11:30am on Sunday, reports BSS.

“The accident occurred when the driver of the private car lost control over the steering and ploughed into a group of pedestrians waiting for transport beside the road in front of the hospital,” said Kazi Shahan Haque, officer-in-Charge of Cantonment Thana. The injured were rushed to Kurmitola general Hospital, he said. Among them, six critically injured were shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital and Neuroscience Hospital. Police arrested the driver.