Road crashes kill 3, injure 68
Three people were killed and 68 others injured in road accidents in five districts yesterday.
In Mymensingh, Banu Begum, 55, of Kahalgoan was killed when a truck ran her over while she was crossing the Phulbaria-Kahalgoan road in Kahalgoan Bazar area of Phulbaria upazila.
In Comilla, two people were injured when a microbus carrying copies, including of The Daily Star, fell into a roadside ditch beside Dhaka-Chittagong highway.
Many readers of The Daily Star did not get their copies as several thousand newspapers, including over 2,000 copies of The Daily Star, were damaged due to the accident.
In Gaibandha, two people were killed and three others injured when an auto-rickshaw and minibus collided head-on at Tulshighat on Gaibandha-Palashbari road.
The deceased were Sumi Begum, 22, and her six-month-old daughter Khadijatul Kobra.
In Manikganj, 15 passengers of a bus were injured as it fell into a roadside ditch at Nayadingi near Dhaka-Aricha highway under Saturia upazila.
In Barisal, 50 bus passengers were injured when a bus hit a roadside wall in Rupatali area of the city.
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