Road crashes kill 9 in 5 districts
Nine people died and 34 others were injured in road accidents in Rangpur, Kushtia, Jhenidah, Sylhet and Patuakhali districts in the last two days.
In Rangpur, a coal-laden truck skidded off the Rangpur-Bogra highway and fell into a ditch at Dharmadas under Rangpur Sadar upazila at about 5:30am yesterday, killing three labourers on the spot and injuring nine others, according to our correspondent.
The dead are Mukul Chandra, 25, Mokbul Hossain, 38, and Al Amin. The injured are undergoing treatment at Rangpur Medical College Hospital.
Our Kushtia correspondent reported that two people were killed and 25 others injured in a road accident on the Kushtia-Bheramara highway in Baramile area under Mirpur upazila of the district early Thursday.
They dead were identified as Anwar, 28, son of Ishaq Ali, and Sumon, 19, son of Afzar Rahman of Panchagar district.
The accident occurred when a bus carrying at least 50 people from Joypurhat to Biswa Zakir Manjil in Faridpur fell into a ditch at about 4:45:am, leaving two people dead on the spot and 25 others injured.
Of the injured, ten were admitted to Kushtia General Hospital while the rest given first aid.
In Jhenidah, two motorcyclists were killed in a road accident at Baratala on the Jhenidah- Narikelbaria highway Thursday morning, reports our correspondent.
They were identified as Abdus Sattar, 50, and his wife Shahar Banu, 40.
Police and locals said the two died on the spot when a tractor hit the motorbike at around at 9:30 am.
The bodies were sent to Jhenidah Sadar Hospital for autopsy.
A decorator named Enam Uddin Enam, 40, was killed in a road accident in Sylhet city in the early hours of yesterday, according to our staff correspondent.
A speeding truck hit Emon from behind while he was returning home at Zatarpur from his shop at Mirabazar at around 12:15 am. Emon died on the spot.
The victim's body was handed over to his family after post-mortem examination at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College.
Our Patuakhali correspondent adds: One person was killed in a road accident on Patuakhali-Dhaka road in Telikhali area under sadar upazila at about 8.30am yesterday.
The dead was identified as Sohel, 28, of Kartikpasha village under Dumki upazila.
Police sources said Sohel was run over by a Dasmina-bound bus from Dhaka and killed on the spot. Police seized the bus but its driver and helper managed to flee.
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