2 killed, 14 injured in separate road accidents in Manikganj

Two people were killed and 14 others injured today in two separate road accidents in Manikganj district, police said.

Mizanur Rahman, a truck driver, was killed when his vehicle had a head-on collision with a bus at Muljal area of Sadar upazila, said Abdur Rouf, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station.

Ten passengers of the bus were injured in the accident that occurred on Dhaka-Aricha highway at 12 pm, he said. The Nilachal Paribahan passenger bus was travelling to Dhaka when it clashed with the Paturia-bound cargo truck.

Mizanur Rahman came from Dakshin Joynagar of Daulatkhan Upazila of Bhola district, said police. He died on the spot.

The police and fire brigade personnel with the help of the locals rescued the injured and took them to Manikganj Sadar Hospital. The body of the deceased has been taken to Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy.

The OC also said that the bus and the truck have been seized.

In another accident a laborer named Hriday Mia (18) died when a cargo pickup van fell into a ditch in the Taltala area of Shaesta Union of Singair upazila around 8 am on Thursday.

The deceased was from Dakshin Gopalrai village of Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat district.

Four other workers from the pickup van were seriously injured. They were admitted to Singair Upazila Health Center. Singair police station OC Mizanur Rahman confirmed the accident.