Deaths continue on the roads

At least four people were killed in separate road accidents across the country from Saturday night to Friday.

An eleven-year-old named Umme Rukaiya was killed after a private car hit her on the Kushtia-Jhenaidah highway in Kushtia's Shailkupa upazila on Thursday night.

Sherina Khatun, owner of the vehicle and assistant professor of political science at Islamic University, was in the car, while her driver was at the wheel, said Aminul Islam, officer-in-charge of Shailkupa Police Station.

OC Aminul said the car hit Rukaiya while she was returning home from school in Madandanga area around 12:30pm, leaving her seriously injured.

Rukaiya was rushed to Kushtia General Hospital where doctors referred her to Dhaka Medical College Hospital as her physical condition deteriorated.

She died around 10:30pm on the way to Dhaka, said the police official.

The victim's paternal uncle Feroz Khan said a case over unnatural death was filed with the police station in this connection, as police did not allow the family to file a murder case.

In Jhenaidah, a sub-assistant agriculture officer named Abdul Latif, 58, was killed in a road crash in Fulbari gate area yesterday at noon.

A brick-laden truck rammed Latif's bike, leaving him dead on the spot, confirmed OC of Kotchandpur police station Md Moin Uddin.

Meanwhile, Mofiz Mollah, 30, was killed and five others were injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a truck on the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway yesterday morning.

Confirming the incident, Mohammad Erfan, officer-in-charge of Dohazari highway police station said Mofiz was the truck's helper.

Among the injured, the condition of truck driver Abdul Mannan is critical. He is currently undergoing treatment at Chattogram Medical College Hospital.

Besides, pedestrian Nazrul Islam, 70, died after a speeding biker hit him in Joypurhat's Kalai upazila on Friday.

SM Moinuddin, officer-in-charge of Kalai police station said the biker Shanto was also injured, as he lost control and crashed on the road.

In Sylhet, six, including two children, were seriously injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a private car in South Surma Upazila yesterday.