A cattle trader, Helal Uddin, 38, was killed when a latahambar, a locally made vehicle of the nosimon type, loaded with cattle overturned into a ditch after its driver lost control in the Munnar Mor area of Chuadanga town. Two cows died and two people, including the driver, were injured.
The accident happened just before the call to the dawn prayer on Monday, 19 October, in front of the BADC warehouse at Munnar Mor in Chuadanga town.
Helal Uddin was the son of Nayal Mia of Sabujnagar village under Mathbaria police station in Pirojpur district. The injured are the driver, Tarachand, and his helper, Shipon.
According to police and local sources, Helal was taking 11 cows from Mathbaria in Pirojpur to sell at the market in Alamdanga. When the vehicle reached Munnar Mor in Chuadanga town, the driver lost control and it overturned into a ditch beside the road. Police and firefighters reached the scene quickly and carried out a rescue with local people’s help. Helal and two of his cows died on the spot. The two others in the vehicle were rescued injured.
Describing the accident, driver Tarachand said they had set out from Mathbaria with 11 cows on Sunday afternoon. Late on Sunday night, towards dawn on Monday, the driver suddenly fell asleep, and the vehicle went out of control into a pond beside the road.
Confirming the incident, Chuadanga Sadar police station sub-inspector Mizan said an inquest report had been prepared and the body sent to the Chuadanga Sadar Hospital morgue for a post-mortem. It will be handed to relatives once legal procedures are complete.
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