Road crashes kill 9, injure 45
Nine people were killed and 45 others injured in separate road accidents in Narsingdi, Jhenidah, Gaibandha, Lalmonirhat and Dinajpur on Wednesday and yesterday.
Our Narsingdi correspondent reports: Three people were killed in a head-on collision between a covered van and a CNG-run three-wheeler on Dhaka-Narsingdi road in Bhatpara area of Sadar upazila in the district yesterday.
The identities of the deceased were not known immediately.
The accident took place around 9:45am when the Narsingdi-bound covered van from Dhaka and the Ghorashal-bound three-wheeler from Narsingdi collided face-to-face.
The driver of the three-wheeler and one of its passengers died on the spot while another female passenger succumbed to her injuries after she was taken to Narsingdi Sadar Hospital, police said.
Police seized the van but its driver managed to flee the scene immediately after the accident.
The bodies of the victims were sent to Narsingdi Sadar Hospital for autopsy.
Our Jhenidah correspondent says: A bus helper was killed and at least 15 others were injured as a Chowgacha-bound bus collided head-on with a Jhenidah-bound cement laden truck and the bus fell into a road side ditch near livestock office at Kaliganj upazila.
The deceased is Palash Hossain, 24, son of Babul Gazi, of Shalua village of Chowgacha upazila in Jessore.
The injured were admitted to Kaliganj Upazila Health Complex.
Hundreds of vehicles stranded on both side of the road from 8:00am to 10:00am following the accident.
Our Gaibandha correspondent adds: One man was killed and 30 others were injured when a passenger crowded bus of Prime Saikat Paribahan turned turtle after the driver of the bus lost his control over the steering on Rangpur-Bogra highway at Ekbarpur in the district yesterday.
The identity of the deceased passenger was not known immediately after the accident.
The driver was sleepy and he was driving the vehicle carelessly, said Ayub Ali, a passenger of the bus.
Road communications of the route remained suspended for an hour after the accident.
Staff correspondent from Chittagong says: A female student was killed when a truck rammed a rickshaw that carried the student at Singapore Market of Agrabad in the port city yesterday.
The deceased is Sayeda Afrin Tania, 24, daughter of Muhammad Awal of Agrabad T&T colony. She was studied at first semester of Institute of Commercial Management (ICM) of Chittagong.
Our Lalmonirhat correspondent adds: Two people were killed in separate road accidents in different upazilas of the district at the same time on Wednesday night.
Witness said the first accident took place when a Bogra-bound stone laden truck from Burimari Land Port hit jute trader Dulal Miah, 45, of Court Toli village, while he was crossing road at the same village in Patgram upazila.
Transport worker Monsur Ali, 32, of Dowani village, was killed on the spot as he crushed under the wheels of a goods laden truck while he was crossing road in Barokhata area of Hatibandha upazila.
Our Dinajpur correspondent says: A motorcyclist was killed as he lost control over the motorcycle while he tried to over take a rickshaw van at Pachbibi upazila in Joypurhat on Wednesday evening.
The deceased is Ranu Sarkar, 50, of Ratanpur Sarkarpara, of Pachbibi upazila.
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