2 children among 3 killed in Bogura
At least three people, including two children, were killed and six injured after a bus overturned in Rahabal Bazar area of Bogura’s Shibganj upazila yesterday.
The victims are Shabnur, 22; her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Manjila Akhter, and Mehdi Hasan, 6, said OC Md Abdul Kader Zilani of Gobindaganj Highway Police Station.
Quoting locals, he said the bus driver lost control and overturned the vehicle around midnight. All three died on the spot.
Police seized the bus but its driver fled, he said.
Meanwhile, at least seven people were killed and seven injured in other accidents across the country, our correspondents report.
In Faridpur, three people were killed and two injured in two accidents in Komorpur and Ambikapur Bazar areas.
At Komorpur, two people were killed and two injured after a pick-up and truck collided, said police.
The deceased are Riaz Mondal, 19, and Jalal Sheikh, 50.
Four passengers of the van were also injured. Locals rushed them to Faridpur Medical College Hospital where the two died while undergoing treatment.
At Ambikapur, a man was killed on the spot after an easy-bike ran him over around 8:30am, said police.
Identity of the deceased could not be ascertained yet.
Police seized the van and easy-bike involved in both accidents but the drivers fled the scene, they added.
In Mymensingh, a man who, was injured critically after his motorbike collided with another bike on Monday, succumbed to his injuries yesterday. The deceased is Md Motiur Rahman, 65, a retired primary school teacher and president of Awami League’s Tarati union unit in Muktagachha upazila, said police.
In another accident, a man was killed after a bus hit him in Digarkanda Bypass area in Mymensingh yesterday.
The deceased could not be identified yet, said police.
In Sirajganj, a woman was killed and five were injured after a truck hit the three-wheeler carrying them in Vuiagati Bridge area of Raiganj yesterday, said police. The deceased is Sheuli Khatun, 30. Two of the injured were taken to a local hospital, they added. The truck driver fled with the vehicle.
In Jashore, a man was killed after a tractor collided with his motorbike in Kashipur area of Monirampur upazila yesterday. The deceased is Rafiqul Islam, 38, said police quoting locals. Critically injured Rafiqul was rushed to Jashore General Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
The tractor driver fled with the vehicle. A case was lodged in this connection.
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