Three people were killed and 15 others injured in separate road accidents in the city, Gaibandha and Comilla yesterday.
BSS in Dhaka reports: A disabled beggar was killed under the wheels of a speeding passenger bus near the National Press Club at about 1:30pm yesterday while he was trying to cross the road by a wheel chair.
Police identified the victim as Abdul Aziz aged about 45.
Quoting eyewitnesses, police said the accident occurred on the busy Topkhana Road when a Mohammadpur-bound bus knocked him from behind.
The beggar soon fell on the street and his wheel chair broke into pieces, leaving him into a pool of fresh blood. He was immediately taken to the emergency unit of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where the attending doctors declared him dead.
On hearing the accident, police from Shahbagh Police Station chased the bus, seized it but its driver and helper managed to escape.
A case was filed with Shahbagh Thana in this connection.
Our correspondent in Gaibandha adds: One person was killed and 15 others were injured in a road accident at Palashbari on Bogra-Rangpur road yesterday.
The dead was identified as Fazlul Huq, 22.
Police said the accident occurred when a Bogra-bound truck collided head-on with a bus, leaving the truck helper Fazlul dead on the spot and 15 others injured.
The injured were admitted at Palashbari health complex.
A correspondent in Comilla adds: An unidentified pedestrian was killed in a road accident at Jagorjuli under Comilla sadar upazila on Dhaka-Chittagong road yesterday.
Police said the accident occurred when a Dhaka-bound bus hit the youth, leaving him dead on the spot.
Police recovered the body and sent to Comilla Medical College Hospital for autopsy.