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Six workers died and eight others were injured after a truck fell into a roadside ditch at Sajek in Rangamati.
The casualty occurred on Wednesday around 6 pm when a truck carrying workers lost control and fell into a ditch at 90 degrees on the Sajek-Udaipur border road.
According to the locals, the victims were engaged in road construction work along the Udaipur border. On the way back from the border, the truck lost control and plunged into the ditch, killing six workers and injuring eight others.
Upazila nirbahi officer of Baghaichhari Shirin Akhtar confirmed the accident and said that the army rescued the injured and sent them to Khagrachhari General Hospital.
However, no one was immediately identified.
A team of Sajek police is on the way to the spot. The details of the incident will be known later, said the police official.
MSH