Nine killed in road crashes
Nine people were killed and seven injured in separate road accidents in Jhenidah, Gaibandha, Dinajpur and Cox's Bazar in last two days.
Our correspondent in Jhenidah reports: Three people were killed in separate road accidents in Kaliganj and Shailkupa upazila in Jhenidah yesterday.
The deceased were identified as Sufal Biswas, 35, Tuzam Mondal, 60, and Mita, 7, daughter of one Sazzad Hossain under Moheshpur upazila.
Sufal was run over by a speeding truck while he was crossing the road at Baishakhai Filling Station in Kaliganj.
Tuzam was run over by a Barisal-bound passenger bus on Jhenidah-Kushtia highway while he was crossing the road at Bhatoi Bazar.
In another accident, Mita was run over by a Kushtia-bound passenger bus at Kulchara village of Bhatoi Bazar while she was playing on the road.
Our correspondent from Gaibandha adds: Two people were killed and five others injured in separate road accidents on Bogra-Rangpur highway yesterday.
One Gada Chandra, 50, was killed and five others when a tempo fell into a roadside ditch at Hawyakhana under Gobindagnaj upazila on Bogra-Rangpur highway.
In another incident, rickshaw puller Abdul Khalek, 45, was injured when a running bus dashed his rickshaw from behind at Baithakhali under Gobindagnaj upazila on Monday evening. He succumbed to his injuries at Mohammed Ali Hospital in Bogra yesterday.
Our correspondent in Dinajpur adds: A minor boy killed in a road accident at Gobindapur village under Biral upazila in Dinajpur on Monday night.
The dead was identified as Murad Hossain, 3, of Gobindapur village.
Police said the accident occurred when a speeding tractor hit him as he was playing in the road at Gobindapur village in the afternoon.
He succumbed to his injuries at Dinajpur Medical College Hospital.
A correspondent from Cox's Bazar adds: Three workers were killed and two others injured when a sand-laden truck overturned at Bypass road in Cox's Bazar town on Monday evening.
The dead were identified as helper of the truck Kalimullah, 34, Akhter Miah, 45, and Md Syed, 44.
The injured were treated at Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital.
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