Road crashes kill 9
Nine people were killed and 14 others injured in separate road accidents in Gaibandha, Narail, Sirajganj and Rajshahi on Wednesday and yesterday.
Staff correspondent reports: A woman was killed on the spot and two others, including her daughter, were injured when a Mirpur-bound speedy bus hit their motorbike and ran her over at Asad Gate in the city yesterday.
The deceased was Masuma Begum Chandni, 32, wife of Khokon Miah, of Polashi of Lalbagh and the injured are her daughter Neha, 9, and her friend's husband Mofazzol Hossain, 35. They took primary treatment at a local clinic.
Our Gaibandha correspondent reports: Three people were killed and seven injured as a truck rammed a human hauler in Sadullahpur upazila of Gaibandha yesterday morning.
Local highway police said the accident occurred when a Rangpur-bound truck hit a human hauler, locally known as Nosimon, which was carrying 10 passengers, on the Rangpur-Bogra highway at Dhaperhat around 9:00am.
Nosimon passengers Momina Begum, 52, and Shahina Khatun, 12, died on the spot while Ariful Islam, 28, died on way to Palashbari Upazila Health Complex, said Abdul Aziz, sub-inspector of the highway police station.
The injured were admitted to the health complex.
Local people seized the truck but its driver managed to flee the scene.
Our Narail correspondent says: Two people were killed in separate road accidents in thedistrict on Wednesday.
The deceased were Saihek Hossain, 40, of Lutia village of Lohagara upazila and Binod Pal, 55, son of Ambia Pal, of Goakhola of Sadar upazila.
Saihek was killed on the spot when he lost his control over his motorcycle and fell into a roadside ditch on the Lohagara-Lahuria road at Lutia village in Lohagara upazila on Wednesday night.
Binod was killed on the spot when a Nosimon hit him from behind at Goakhola in Sadar upazila on the Tularampur-Skeikhati roadside at the same night.
The bodies were sent to Narail Sadar Hospital for autopsy.
A Sirajganj correspondent adds: Two people, including a college student, were killed and five others injured in separate road accidents in Kazipur and Kamarkhand upazila of the district on Wednesday.
Police said a student of Bogra polytechnic institute was killed on the spot and five others injured when a Sonamukhi-bound motorcycle collided head-on with a Nasimon near Shimul Dair bazar in Kazipur upazila on Wednesday night.
The deceased was Manik Mia, 22, son of Abdur Rashid, of Meghai Notunpara village of the upazila.
The injured were rushed to Kazipur upazila Health Complex.
Meanwhile, a minor boy was killed when a Dhaka-bound microbus run him over while he was crossing the road in Konabari area of Kamarkhand upazila on Wednesday evening.
The deceased was Bulbul Hossain, 8, of Joyon Borodhul village of the upazila.
Staff correspondent from Rajshahi adds: A school student was killed and his father and brother-in-law were injured when his father lost his control over motorcycle while the boy was travelling with his father in Moslemer More area in the city yesterday.
The deceased was Mohammad Ripon, 10, a class three student of Samsadipur Government Primary School of Poba upazila.
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