Road accidents kill 7

At least seven people were killed and 40 others injured in separate road accidents in Mymensingh, Narsingdi, Sirajganj and Rajshahi yesterday and on Wednesday.
Our correspondent from Mymensingh reports: Two women were killed and 25 others injured, 10 of them critically, in a road accident on Mymensingh-Haluaghat road at Kodaldhar in Phulpur upazila under Tarakanda Police Station yesterday.
The victims were identified as Firoza Begum, 40 and her sister Momena Khatun, 42.
Police and local people said the accident took place when a Mymensingh-bound passenger bus from Haluaghat skidded off the road and hit a roadside tree as the driver lost control over the steering, injuring 27 passengers.
Locals rushed 12 critically injured to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH). Of them, Firoza and Momena succumbed to their injuries on the way to hospital, police said.
The bodies were sent to MMCH morgue for autopsy.
UNB from Narsingdi adds: Three people, including a woman, were killed and 15 others injured in a road accident at Nilkuthi in Roypura upazila on Wednesday.
Witnesses said the accident occurred at 10:00pm when a speeding minibus collided with a pickup van, leaving the three people dead on the spot.
Two of the deceased were identified as Abdul Hamid, 70, and Majnu Mia, 30. The identity of the woman could not be known immediately. The injured were admitted to a local people.
Another report from Sirajganj adds: A pedestrian was crushed under the wheels of a bus in Baniagati area of west link road of Jamuna Bridge in Kamarkhand upazila on Wednesday.
Witnesses said the Dhaka bound bus from Pabna ran over Jabdul, 60, while he was crossing the road at about 11:00am, leaving him dead on the spot.
RU correspondent adds: An old man was killed in a road mishap in Rajshahi yesterday.
He was identified as Tonser Ali, 62, of Bojrok Kour village under Bagmara upazila.
Sources said Tonser was crossing a road at Mogaipara at around 12:30pm when a Rajshahi-bound bus knocked him down.
He died on the spot, sources said.
Police recovered the body and handed it over to family members.