Five killed in road accidents
Five people were killed and 42 people were injured in separate road accidents in Bhola, Narsingdi, Comilla and Naogaon in the last two days.
UNB from Bhola adds: Former secretary of local press club was killed and 40 others were injured when a bus fell into a roadside ditch at Bedopkari in Lalmohon upazila yesterday.
Local sources said the bus from Charfashion fell into the ditch in the morning, leaving M Zakir Hossain, 32, also district correspondent of the daily Amader Shomoy, dead on the spot and 40 other passengers injured.
The injured were rushed to Sadar Hospital and Lalmohon Health Complex.
The survivors alleged that the accident took place when the driver lost his control over the steering as he was talking over the mobile phone.
Local sources said Zakir Hossain was trapped inside the bus for two and half hours after the accident. He succumbed to his injuries on the way to Sadar Hospital.
Another report from Narsingdi adds: Two siblings were killed and another was injured when a truck hit an autorickshaw at Char Madhabdi in Sadar upazila yesterday.
Local sources said a Narsingdi-bound speeding truck hit the three-wheeler at about 6:30am, killing Kabir, 28, and his brother Jalil, 32, on the spot.
Injured autorickshaw driver was admitted to Sadar Hospital.
A case has been filed with the respective police station.
The accident occurred when Kabir and Jalil, workers of a textiles mill, were going to their workplace from their house in Gazipur.
Our correspondent in Chandpur reports: A driver of a private car was killed on the spot and the owner of the car was severely injured in a road accident at Daudkandi in Comilla on Monday.
The deceased was identified as Anwar Hossain, 30, while the injured is Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan, 35, former paura chairman of Kochua.
Jahid was rushed to a private clinic in Dhaka, said family sources.
He was going to Dhaka from Kochua for medical check up when their car collided head-on with another car.
Our RU correspondent adds: An elderly woman was killed in a road accident at Kohimpur crossing under Patnitola upazila in Naogaon on Monday.
The victim was identified as Sagorika Rani, 60, wife of Anukul Karmakar of Nogipur village under Patnitola upazila.
Police said a goods-laden speeding truck knocked Sagorika down while she was crossing the road.
Locals rushed her to Patnitola Health Complex where Sagorika succumbed to his injuries.
The truck managed to escape.
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