Iraq-Returned Expatriate Jewel Mia Killed in Bus-Auto-Rickshaw Collision in Sherpur, Four Injured
An expatriate named Jewel Mia (41) was killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Sherpur Sadar. Four other people were injured in the incident.
The accident happened around 9 pm on Tuesday (October 27) at the Jora Pump area of the Sherpur-Dhaka regional highway.
The deceased Jewel Mia was a resident of Barmaisakhicha village in Nakla upazila. He had been working in Iraq.
Police and local residents said a Sherpur Chamber of Commerce bus travelling from Dhaka to Sherpur hit the auto-rickshaw, and Jewel died on the spot.
The four injured were rescued and taken to different hospitals. They are Nakla municipality accountant Mohammad Ferdousur Rahman (50), accounts assistant Alamgir Hossain (32), Shafiqul Islam (45) and Dulal Mia (60).
Among the injured, Ferdousur Rahman was sent to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital. Alamgir Hossain is being treated at Nakla Upazila Health Complex. Shafiqul Islam and Dulal Mia were admitted to Sherpur District Sadar Hospital.
Jewel Mia's cousin Ershad Ali said Jewel, who had been abroad for about 14 years, had returned home 20 days earlier. On Tuesday afternoon he went to Sherpur for work, and the accident happened on his way home at night.
Sherpur Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Khokon Chandra Ghosh said, 'The process of taking legal action over this incident is under way.'
