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3 Bangladeshi student killed, one hurt in Toronto road accident
Accident
Jehangir
Hussain
Three Bangladeshi students was killed and another --injured in road accident in Toronto, Canada on Monday (Bangladesh time Tuesday).
The accident occurred at 11.30pm on Monday local time, reports CBC News.
According to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), a vehicle was involved in the accident on Highway 427 at West Dundas Street in Toronto.
The speeding car overturned after hitting a road divider wall and caught fire immediately, police said the occupants lived in Toronto on student visa.
There were four passengers in the car at the time of the accident. They are all Bangladeshis. Three of them were killed on the spot and the one, who was on the wheels sustained major injuries and has been undergoing treatment at a local hospital.
Police did not release the names of the dead and injured students.
However, according to the Bangladesh expatriates in Canada, the deceased were Shahriar Khan, Angela Shreya Baroi and Aryan Alom Dipto.
The injured student, who was driving the car, is Nibir Kumar Dey, son of singer Kumar Biswajit. He is now undergoing treatment..
According to the police, one of the dead students was a 20-year-old girl. The other two were 20-year and 17- year old.
Toronto police said the injured student Nibir was driving the car which was moving very quickly. He lost the control of the car while getting from one highay to another.
It was slightly curved there. The speeding car rammed the highway railing and then turned turtle thrice. Instantly, fire broke out inside the car. The police are carrying out an investigation.
Receiving information about his son's accident, Kumar Biswajit and his wife Naima Sultana, left Dhaka for Toronto at 11:00pm on Tuesday.
Their close family friend Morshedul Huq Pavel confirmed that both Kumar Biswajit and his wife Naima Sultana had left for Canada.
Nibir has been kept at Intensive Care Unit of a hospital. He had a major operation at about 4:00am [Bangladesh Time].