Foreign student killed in Ctg road accident

Bangladesh

TBS Report
16 April, 2024, 06:55 pm
Last modified: 16 April, 2024, 07:03 pm
The two others injured were Bangladeshi siblings

A foreign student was killed and two others were injured after their jeep crashed into a road divider on the Patenga Outer Link Road in the early hours on Tuesday (16 April). 

The deceased has been identified as Xaydala Phutphaphone, 25, a citizen of Laos and a student of the Asian University for Women.

Patenga Police Station Officer-in-Charge Kabirul Islam told The Business Standard that their jeep's front wheel burst, causing it to collide with the road divider around 1:00am in the Charpara area of the Link Road.

"The foreign female student died on the spot. Two injured persons are undergoing treatment in a private hospital in the city," he added.

He mentioned that the two others injured were Bangladeshi siblings. 

A case regarding this incident is currently under process, said the OC.
 

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