Five killed in road crashes
Five people were killed and another was injured in road accidents yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.
In Dhaka, a man was killed and another injured after a human hauler and an auto-rickshaw collided head-on in Kadamtali.
The deceased -- Mobarak Hossain (28), worker of a steel mill -- was a passenger of the auto-rickshaw, said police.
Kadamtali Police Station Sub-inspector Mahbubul Haque said the collision took place around 9am, leaving Mobarak dead on the spot. His co-passenger Rabbi sustained injuries and took treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
The body was sent to Sir Salimullah Medical College morgue for autopsy.
Hailing from Debidwar in Cumilla, the deceased used to live in Shyampur.
Police seized the vehicles but the drivers fled after the accident.
Our Mymensingh correspondent adds, two persons including a journalist were killed as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and a truck collided head-on on Mymensingh-Netrakona road at Gacchtola in Tarakanda upazila.
The deceased -- Chandon Roy (55), Amader Somoy's Durgapur upazila correspondent; and Abul Kashem -- hailed from Durgapur, Netrakona.
The accident took place around 5:20pm while Chandon was returning home by the auto-rickshaw from a journalists' meeting in Mymensingh city, said Tarakanda Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Abul Khayer.
Kashem died at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, said the OC.
Police seized the vehicles but the drivers managed to flee.
In another incident, a pick-up van hit an unknown vehicle from behind in Bhaluka upazila headquarters in Mymensingh around 6am, leaving the pickup driver and his helper dead.
Kawsar Sheikh (25) was the driver and Emran Mia (26) his helper. Both hailed from Netrakona. They died on the spot, said Moshiur Rahman, in-charge of Bhoraduba Highway Police Station.
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