Road crashes kill 7

Seven people were killed and 15 others injured in road accidents in Chittagong, Kushtia, Munshiganj, Thakurgaon and Noakhali yesterday.

Our staff correspondent from Chittagong reports, a CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver and one of its passengers were killed as the vehicle fell into a roadside sewerage line in the city's Agrabad.

The deceased were Firoz Khan, 55, and Mahbubur Rahman, the driver.

Our Kushtia correspondent reports, two people were killed and 15 others injured as a bus and a truck collided head-on in the town's Phultala.

The dead were Islam Ali, 45, driver of the bus; and Moazzem Hossain Mozibor, 55, its passenger.

Four of the injured were admitted to Kushtia Medical College Hospital.

Our Munshiganj correspondent reports,  motorcyclist Hasan Tareq, 22, a police constable, died as a bus hit him at Baluakandi in Gazaria upazila in the afternoon.

Our Thakurgaon correspondent reports, motorcyclist Masud Haidar Setu, 30, former joint secretary of the district unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League, died as an unknown vehicle hit him at Dashmile in Sadar upazila in the early hours.

Our Noakhali correspondent adds, Rashed, 12, son of Md Jahangir, was killed as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw hit him while he was crossing Chowmuhani-Sonaimuri Road at Islamganj Bazar in Sonaimuri upazila.

The victim's relatives blocked the road for an hour from 3:00pm.