By Takaloo, Cox’sbazar: One person died at the scene and 30 others were injured when an over-crowded vehicle carrying refugees turned over while driving up a hill on the highway around 9:00 am today in Cox's Bazaar District in southern Bangladesh.

The vehicle, a locally-made jeep, had picked up nearly 50 refugees, including women and children, from the Lada unofficial refugee camp. Most of them were going to work in the land port and nearby in Teknaf, according to refugees.

The deceased has been identified as Mohammad Ali, who lived in Room No. 22 of Block C in Lada Camp. The other injured are from the same camp.

15 victims, including one woman, who were seriously injured in the accident have been sent to Cox's Bazaar hospital, while the others are being treated at the camp medical facilities, said an official from Lada Camp.

The Lada Camp was established in 2008 for sheltering more than 15,000 unregistered Burmese Muslim refugees.

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