15 students hurt in Dinajpur road crash
At least 15 students were injured when their picnic bus collided head on with a truck in Phulbari upazila of Dinajpur yesterday.
Among them, five are in critical conditions.
All of them are students of Muraripur Coaching Centre in Birganj upazila in Barisal.
The picnic bus with 60 students on board was hit by a truck in Phulbari upazila, police said quoting locals.
Meanwhile, at least five persons, including a child were killed in road accidents across the country yesterday.
In Chittagong, a man was killed as a covered van ran him over on Chittagong-Dhaka Highway yesterday.
The deceased was identified as Md Kamrul, 32, said police.
A Chittagong-bound covered van hit him on the highway, said Ahsan Habib, officer-in-charge of Bara Awlia Highway Police Outpost.
The man died on spot, the OC said, adding that the covered van's driver is still on the run.
In another incident in Chittagong, a biker was killed as he lost control over the vehicle in Ananya Residential Area on Wednesday.
The deceased is Mohammad Noman, 28, hailing from Shamsher Para in Chittagong, said police quoting witnesses. He was taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital,
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