Road crashes kill 3

Three people were killed in road accidents in two districts yesterday and on Saturday.

In Panchagarh Sadar, Jahed Ali, 42, was killed when a battery-run auto-rickshaw hit him on Panchagarh-Tentulia highway at Jagdal Bazar yesterday.

He was a forth-class employee of Jagdal Degree College.

In Baliadangi upazila of the district, Solimuddin alias Inul, 35, of Bhotpara village was killed when a truck hit his bicycle on Baliadangi-Lahiri road in Tirnoi village on Saturday.

In Chapainawabganj Sadar, Sabina Khatun, 40, of Munshefpur village was killed as she fell on the road after a truck hit a three-wheeler carrying her in Gobratala Bazar area yesterday.

Police seized the truck and arrested its helper Tazem Ali, 25. The driver fled.