6 killed in road accidents
Six people were killed and 22 others injured in separate road accidents across the country in the last two days.
UNB from Jessore reports: Three people, including two Ansar members were killed and 20 others injured as a picnic bus collided with a running train at Muroli rail crossing in Jessore Sadar in the early hours of yesterday.
The Ansar members were identified as Shahbul, 37, and Swapan 32, while another deceased was identified as Liton, 24, a bus passenger.
Police said the accident took place when the Jhikargachha-bound bus from Kuakata lost control and plunged into a roadside ditch after hitting the speeding train, leaving the three dead on the spot.
On information, police rushed to the spot and rescued the 20 injured bus passengers.
Of the injured, nine were admitted to the district general hospital. Conditions of three injured were stated to be critical.
Our Correspondent in Satkhira adds: An elderly man was killed and his wife and a rickshaw van puller were injured in a road accident on Satkhira-Khulna road in Tala yesterday.
The deceased was identified as Abul Kashem, 60, of Keshabpur upazila in Jessore district.
His wife Marzina Khatun, 52, and rickshaw van puller Shahidul Islam were rushed to Sadar hospital in a critical condition.
The accident took place when a Khulna-bound truck hit the rickshaw van.
Our Correspondent in Jhenidah adds: A schoolboy was killed in a road accident at Khalishpur Square yesterday.
The deceased was identified as Sajib, son of Milon Rahman.
The accident occurred at about 9:40am when a truck knocked his bicycle down while he was going to the school.
He was rushed to Jessore Sadar Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries in the afternoon.
UNB from Savar adds: A driver of a three-wheeler tempo was killed when a speeding bus hit the vehicle at Imandipur in Savar on Dhaka-Aricha highway in the early hours of Saturday.
Police said the bus dashed the tempo of Mansur Helal, 22, in front of Pakija Dyeing and Printing Factory at about 5:15am, killing him on the spot.
The driver managed to escape with the bus. Later, police recovered the body and sent it to hospital morgue for autopsy.
Comments