Chinese national killed, 2 injured in Madaripur road accident

Chinese national killed, 2 injured in Madaripur road accident

A Chinese national, who sustained severe injuries in a road accident in Madaripur on Saturday morning, succumbed to his injuries at a Dhaka hospital at noon, police said.

The deceased is Ming Sung. He used to work as survey engineer at Bhanga-Dhaka Railway project.

Shivchar police station officer-in-charge Abu Nayeem said that he died while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.

The accident occurred at about 9:00am as a speeding drum truck rammed a vehicle of the project near Bachamara Bridge under the upazila, leaving three people including the China national critically injured, he said.

They were rushed to DMCH where Ming succumbed to his injuries and the rest are undergoing treatment, the OC said.

The trio was monitoring the works of the project from the vehicle, he said, adding that the identities of the rest couldn’t be known immediately.