Three killed in road accidents

Three people were killed and four others injured in road accidents in two districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

In Brahmanbaria, two people were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a microbus and a pickup van on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Bijoynagar upazila.

The accident took place at Alinagar in ​​Budhanti union of the upazila around 9am.

ASI Abdul Hamid of Islampur Police Outpost said of the two deceased, one was identified as Roni Khandaker (18) of Habiganj. Roni was helper of the pickup van driver. Identity of the driver could not be known, the ASI said. 

ASI Hamid said a Sylhet-bound microbus collided head-on with a Dhaka-bound pickup van coming from the opposite direction. Two passengers of the pickup died instantly. The injured were sent to Madhabpur Upazila Health Complex in Habiganj.

In Rajshahi, a truck helper was killed and the driver injured after a truck overloaded with paddy sacks hit a tree after veering off Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway.

The driver, Md Faisal, was admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital after he was rescued two hours later, he said.

The accident occurred at Kosba around 5:45am while the truck was transporting paddy from Jashore to a Chapainawabganj rice mills.