Four killed in Rajshahi accidents

Four people including a policeman were killed and six others injured in four separate road accidents in Rajshahi yesterday.

In Mohonpur upazila, a police constable of Special Branch in Rajshahi was killed and his co-rider injured as a bus rammed the motorcycle they were riding on.

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The deceased is Selim Reza, 53. The injured is DSB Sub Inspector Abdul Quayuum, 45.

In Rajshahi city, a woman was killed and five others injured as a bus rammed a battery-run three-wheeler and two motorcycles in Railway Station area.

The deceased -- Rubina Khatun, 35, of Mundumala in Tanore upazila -- died on the spot.

The injured are Rubina's husband Minarul Islam, their eight-year-old daughter Fatima Khatun, Rubina's cousin Sanzida Khatun, 9, and two motorcyclists Ahsan Habib, 40, and Ziarul Islam, 35.

In Godagari upazila, a truck helper was killed when a truck ran him over at Dayingpara intersection on Chapainawabganj-Rajshahi road.

The deceased is Zahid Hassan, 18, of Chapainawabganj.

In another accident in Godagari area, a man was found lying on a road in a pool of blood in Ujanpara area.

Police said the man -- Akhtar Ali, 75, of the area -- might have been killed in a road accident.