Three-year-old Tanha killed by shallow-engine vehicle in Chuadanga's Alamdanga
A three-year-old girl named Tanha Akter has been killed after being hit by a shallow-engine vehicle known locally as a latahambar while playing beside a paved road next to her home in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga.
The accident happened on Wednesday (11 November) towards evening at Trimoni Mor in Jahapur village under Nagdah Union of the upazila. Tanha was the daughter of Abu Taleb of Jahapur village.
According to family sources, Tanha was playing beside the paved road next to her home on Wednesday afternoon when a latahambar travelling along that road hit her. The report described the shallow-engine vehicle as an illegal vehicle.
Tanha was seriously injured in the collision, and family members rushed her to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital.
Dr Rukaiya Khatun, a doctor at the emergency department of Chuadanga Sadar Hospital, said the child was declared dead after examination on arrival at the hospital. She said Tanha had died before reaching the hospital.
Mohammad Rakibul Islam, officer-in-charge of Alamdanga Police Station, said police had received news of a child's death in a latahambar collision. Legal action over the incident is in process, he said.
