Bangladesh : Nine killed, 20 injured as truck carrying relief for Rohingyas falls into ditch
Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
The reports quoted AKM Jahangir, General Secretary, Bandarban unit of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society as saying that the accident took place when the goods-laden truck fell into a roadside ditch while heading towards Naikhyangchari Rohingya camp from Cox's Bazar, leaving six workers killed on the spot and 11 others injured.
Of the injured, three more died on way to hospital.
ocal representatives from Bangladesh Red Crescent Society have been providing the relief materials, including rice and pulse, for 1,500 families of Rohingya refugees who have taken shelter in Bandarban.
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