Oil tanker collision kills four, including family of three, on Bangladesh highway

Four people, including three members of the same family, were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between an oil tanker lorry and a CNG-run autorickshaw on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Sylhet's Osmaninagar upazila. The tragic accident occurred around 2:30 PM in the Brahmangram (Kasortol) area.

The deceased have been identified as Niyamat Ali, 45, his wife Ojufa, 30, their five-year-old daughter Ayesha, and the autorickshaw driver, Lalon Miah, 23. Niyamat and Ojufa's two other children, Maria, 7, and Yakub, 3, sustained critical injuries. The identity of a third injured individual remains unknown. All three injured have been admitted to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital.

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The victims are Niyamat Ali, 45, his wife Ojufa, 30, their daughter Ayesha, 5, and autorickshaw driver Lalon Miah, 23.

According to Golam Mostofa, officer-in-charge of Osmaninagar Police Station, the oil tanker was traveling from Sylhet towards Dhaka when it collided with the autorickshaw moving in the opposite direction. Two victims died at the scene, while the other two succumbed to their injuries later at the hospital. Highway police cleared the vehicles from the road, and traffic flow has since returned to normal.

This incident adds to a grim record for this particular stretch of highway. Just earlier this month, on August 7, a similar deadly crash occurred in Osmaninagar when two buses collided head-on, resulting in nine fatalities. The recurrence of such severe accidents highlights ongoing safety concerns on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway.

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Two of the victims died on the spot, while two others succumbed to their injuries later at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital.