Ten more lives lost
Ten people were killed and 70 others injured in road accidents in eight districts yesterday and on Friday.
In Jamalpur Sadar, two people were killed and two others injured as a microbus ran them over and fell into a ditch beside Jamalpur-Tangail highway in Digpait Barbhita area yesterday.
The deceased were Mostafa, 50, of Digpait village and Zahurul, 28, of Saunia village under the upazila.
Police said the incident occurred as the driver lost his control over the vehicle and ran the four poultry farmers over when they were loading cages of hens onto a pickup van beside the highway.
In Bogra, two people were killed and 30 others injured as a bus collided head-on with a truck and skidded off the Bogra-Natore road in Birgram Hazipara area on Friday evening.
One of the deceased was Nabab Ali, 60, a cattle trader of Dumurgram area. The identity of another deceased could not be known.
In another accident in the district, 10 people were injured as a bus collided head-on with a truck on Bogra-Natore road in Tengramagur Bibir Pukur area of Shajahanpur upazila on Friday evening.
In Faridpur Sadar, a man was killed and 27 others were injured as a picnic bus fell into a ditch beside Dhaka-Barisal Highway at Nuru Mia Bypass yesterday.
The deceased was Mofijur Rahaman, 45, of Jhenidah.
Other passengers of the bus said they went to Kuakata from Kushtia to enjoy a picnic.
The accident occurred when the driver lost his control over the vehicle as he was dozing while they were returning, they alleged.
In Gopalganj, an unidentified man, aged around 60, was killed as an unidentified vehicle ran him over on Dhaka-Khulna Highway in Pathalia area on Friday night.
In Jhenidah, a man was killed as a truck rammed his bicycle in front of Kaliganj Mobarakganj Sugar Mills gate on Friday night.
The deceased was Sunil Kumar Roy, 55, of Raigram village under Kaliganj upazila.
In Magura Sadar, Abdul Hannan, 50, of Khulna was killed when a truck rammed another truck he was travelling on in Hulinagar area yesterday.
In Tangail Sadar, a youth was killed and his co-rider injured as his motorcycle skidded off a road in Beradoma area yesterday.
The deceased was Mazedur Rahman, 26, of Baruha village.
In Kishoreganj town, a woman was killed as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw she was in collided head-on with a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Gaital area yesterday.
The deceased was Sultana Khatun, 55, of the area.
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