Accidents kill 6, injure 20
Six people were killed and 20 others injured in separate accidents in Sirajganj, Jessore, Chittagong, Manikganj and Jhenidah early yesterday.
Our Sirajganj correspondent reports: Two people, including an 18-month-old child, were killed and at least 20 others injured when a bus and a truck plunged into a roadside ditch after they had collided head-on at Jhoil on the western side of Bangabandhu Bridge around 3:30am, said Bangabandhu Bridge West Police Station Officer-in-Charge Abul Kalam Azad.
The injured were taken to Sirajganj General Hospital.
Our Benapole correspondent says: A college teacher, injured in an earlier train accident, identified as Abul Kalam Azad, 42, of Monirampur upazila in Jessore, succumbed to his injuries at Apollo Hospitals in Dhaka yesterday early morning.
Monirampur police said the accident had occurred on October 30 when a Khulna bound train hit his motorcycle at Noapara rail crossing under Abhaynagar upazila in Jessore.
Staff correspondent from Chittagong says: A minor boy Humaiyun, son of Kamal Uddin, of Sitakundu upazila, was critically injured as truck ran over him while he was crossing Dhaka-Chittagong Highway at Panthichhila Bazar of the upazila around 5:00pm yesterday.
The boy died at Sitakunda Upazila Health Complex on arrival.
Our Manikganj correspondent adds: A bicyclist Mojibar Fokir, 65, of Goalando upazila was seriously injured when a Daulatdia bound bus hit his cycle in the upazila parishad area of Rajbari yesterday.
He succumbed to his injures at Faridpur Medical College Hospital around 3:00pm, said Assistant Sub-Inspector of Ahladipur Highway Police Station Billal Hossain.
In Jhenidah, an engine-run passenger carrier hit an eight-year-old school girl while she was crossing the road in Dakbangla Trimohinee area of the sadar upazila yesterday morning, leaving her dead on the spot.
The victim was identified as Rima Khatun, daughter of Mohidul Islam.
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