Eleven tourists from Kushtia were injured on Thursday morning after a chander gari (jeep) overturned on the Boga Lake–Keokradong road in Ruma, Bandarban, leaving two of them in critical condition.
According to Ruma Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Sohrawardi, the group reached the Boga Lake tourist spot on Wednesday via Bandarban and Ruma.
They set off for Keokradong early Thursday in a chander gari.
When the vehicle reached a steep section of the Papaya Garden area, the driver lost control.
The jeep hit the railing of a bridge and fell off the side of the road.
Rescuers took the injured to Ruma Upazila Health Complex and later transferred them to Bandarban Sadar Hospital.
Two of the tourists are in very critical condition, the OC said.
In another incident in Lama upazila, a goods-laden truck plunged into a ditch on Wednesday night, killing driver Mostafa Kamal of Chakaria in Cox’s Bazar.
The accident occurred around 9:30pm at the Pashchim Line Jhiri point on the Chiringa–Lama–Alikadam road.
Lama Police Station Officer-in-Charge Tofazzal Hossain said the truck fell into a ditch while travelling from Cox’s Bazar to Lama.
He said it was suspected that the driver lost control while descending a sloped stretch of the road.
Fire service personnel and police rushed to the spot and, with help from locals, rescued the driver.
Doctors at Lama Upazila Health Complex declared him dead shortly after he was taken there.
