Five persons including a couple were killed in separate road accidents in three districts- Tangail, Bogura and Patuakhali, on Sunday and Saturday.
TANGAIL: Three persons including a couple, were killed and another was injured when a bus smashed an auto-rickshaw in Mirzapur Upazila of the district on Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Jahangir, 40, and his wife Taslima, 30, residents of Bahuria Union in the upazila and auto-rickshaw driver Shorbes Ali, 32, a resident of Baimhati Village.
A Gazipur-bound bus rammed into a battery-run auto-rickshaw, carrying the couple and their son, at Kadim Dewhata on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway around 11:30 pm, leaving Taslima dead on the spot and three others critically injured, said Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Mirzapur Police Station (PS) Mosharraf Hossain.
The wounded were rushed to Mirzapur Kumudini Hospital where on-duty doctors declared Jahangir and Shorbes dead.
The couple's son Bijay's condition is still critical.
BOGURA: A truck owner was killed when a truck hits another one on the Bogura-Nodigram Road of the district on Sunday.
Deceased Hayder Ali, 45, was a resident of Dasuria of Pabna.
Nodigram PS OC Shawkat Kabir said, a stone-laden truck hit a stationary truck from behind on which Hayder Ali was sitting, in front of Solina pump around 6am, leaving him dead on the spot. Later, driver of the stationary truck managed to flee.
The body was sent to Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital morgue for an autopsy, the OC said.
BAUPHAL, PATUAKHALI: A youth was killed in an accident on Bauphal-Boga road in Hogla area under Bauphal Upazila of the district on Saturday afternoon.
Deceased Mizanur Rahman, 30, was the son of Nur Mohammad of Kanakdia Village in the upazila.
Eyewitness and police said, a Bauphal-bound pickup van collided with a tomtom (locally made vehicle) in the said area, leaving Mizanur Rahman seriously injured. Later, he died on way to Barishal Sher-E-Bangla Medical College Hospital.
Bauphal PS OC Khandaker Mostafizur Rahman confirmed the incident and said, police seized the van but its driver fled the scene.
