Road crashes kill 4 in Tangail, Dhamrai
Four people, including a rights activist, were killed and 26 others injured in separate road accidents in Tangail and Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka today.
In Tangail, a microbus hit a vehicle parked beside Bangabandhu Bridge east link road in Hatia area of Kalihati upazila around 2:30am, our Tangail correspondent reports quoting police.
The accident left two passengers of the microbus dead on the spot and injured six others, said Mosharaf Hossain, officer-in-charge of Bangabandhu Bridge East Police Station.
The deceased were identified as Syed Shahjamal, 42, general secretary of Chapainawabganj unit of Bangladesh Manibadhikar Commission, and the microbus driver Mosharaf Hossain Musa, 35.
The injured were admitted to the Tangail General Hospital, said the OC, adding that the accident might have occurred due to dense fog.
In Dhamrai, at least two people were killed and 20 others injured after two buses collided head-on on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka this afternoon.
The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately, our Savar correspondent reports quoting police.
The accident took place when Manikganj-bound bus collided with another bus near Bathuli bus-stand area around 2:30pm, leaving two passengers dead and 20 others injured, said Dipok Saha, officer-in-charge of Dhamrai Police Station.
The injured were admitted to Dhamrai Upazila Health Complex and local clinics, said the OC.
Both vehicles were seized, but drivers and helpers of the buses fled the scene after the accident, he added.
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