Road Accident Kills  Eight  Cricketers in Bangladesh - 2003-01-31

At least eleven people including eight cricketers were killed and five others injured in a road accident at Baluchhara in the city on Thursday midnight. One of the victims died on the spot, while nine others succumbed to their injuries at the Chittagong Medical College Hospital, police said.

The accident occurred at around 1:30 am when a tempo bound for Fatehabad, carrying the cricketers, collided head-on with a minibus (Ranger) coming from the opposite direction at Baluchhara on the Chittagong-Hathazari road, police said.

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