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Sylhet microbus cylinder blast: Death toll rises to 4

Published : Wednesday, 30 December, 2020 at 1:40 PM  Count : 428

Sylhet microbus cylinder blast: Death toll rises to 4

The death toll from a microbus's gas cylinder explosion at Hetimganj in Gopalganj upazila of Sylhet rose to four with the death of a injured street child.

Hasan Ahmed, 8, son of Manzu Miah, a resident of a nearby colony where the incident took place, succumbed to his injuries at MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital.
Sylhet's additional superintendent of police Rashedul Haque Chowdhury said the gas cylinder of the microbus carrying five passengers went off after being hit by a cement-laden truck at Hetimganj around 5:30am on Wednesday, leaving three microbus passengers dead on the scene and Hasan Ahmed injured.

Being informed, a fire fighting unit rushed to the scene and doused the fire after half an hour.

The bodies were sent to the hospital morgue.

Another two deceased were identified as Rajan Ahmed, 27, of Beanibaza upazila, and microbus driver Sunam Ahmed, 26, of the same upazila.

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