Eight people were killed and nine others injured in separate road accidents in the country yesterday.

Our Dinajpur correspondent reports, four people were killed when a pick-up van collided head-on with a battery-run three-wheeler they were in on Dinajpur-Panchagarh highway near Salbagan in Birganj upazila of Dinajpur.

The dead -- Amulla Chandra Roy, 60, Sushila Roy, 50, wife of Sushil Chandra Roy, Rangila Bala, 55, wife of Laxmikanta Roy, and Haburam Roy,60, -- were going to Kantajew temple in Kaharol upazila to attend Ras festival.

Eight more people were injured as the pick-up also hit two rickshaws which were behind the three-wheeler.

Meanwhile, Khairul Islam, 30, son of Khademul Islam of Kaharol upazila, was killed when a bus hit him on Kaharol-Birganj road in Boleya Bazar area in the upazila.

Police confirmed the incidents.

Our Patuakhali correspondent adds, a schoolboy was killed and his elder brother injured when a human hauler hit their motorbike at Kagujirpol in the upazila town.

The deceased is Sajid Arifin, 12, a class VII student of Baufal Model Government High School and son of Md Sohrab Hossain, a teacher of Bilbilas Nesaria Fazila Madrasa.

Injured Md Anto, 18, is undergoing treatment at Baufal upazila health complex. The incident occurred when the brothers were returning after dropping off their father at his workplace.

Police handed over the body to the family. Our Faridpur correspondent reports, Md Faruk Hossan , 55, of Dhaka's Baddha, was killed when his motorbike collided head-on with a three-wheeler on Dhaka-Khulna highway at Komorpur in Faridpur Sadar upazila.

He was rushed to Faridpur Medical College Hospital where a doctor declared him dead.

Police confirmed the incident.

Staff correspondent of Chittagong adds, a motorcyclist, Rimon Chandra Dey, 32, a clearing & forwarding (C&F) agent, son of Priyo Ranjan Dey of Nishchinta of Mirsharai upazila, died after being sandwiched between a truck and a covered van at NCB gate of Chittagong Port.

He suffered head injuries and was declared dead at Port Hospital.