Bus kills 2 college students on Airport Road
Two students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College were killed as a speedy bus hit them on Airport Road of the capital city Sunday (July 29).
Cantonment Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Kazi Shahan Huq confirmed the accident to Banglanews.
The deceased were identified as Abdul Karim, 16 and Diya, 15.
The accident happened on the road before Radisson hotel near Zillur Rahman flyover connecting Airport Road to Mirpur.
Twelve others were injured in the accident.
Of them, six were hospitalized at Kurmitola General Hospital nearby the spot and the rest six at Combined Military Hospital (CMH).
“14 persons were taken here immediately after the accident. Two of them were declared dead, six were given first aid and the rest six were shifted to CMH,” Sagir Mia, Assistant Director of Kurmitola General Hospital told Banglanews.
Condition of the six injured taken to CMH aren’t too critical, he added.
Of the deceased, Karim was a 12th grader and Diya an 11th at the cantonment college.
