Dhaka, Jun 2 (Just News): Seven people, including a woman were killed and 25 others were injured in two road accidents in Sirajganj, Nilphamari and Rajshahi districts.
In Sirajganj, four people were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a covered van in Saidabad area of the sadar upazila.
A Gaibandha-bound ‘Shyamali Paribahan bus’ collided with a covered van on Banghabandhu Bridge West road, leaving three people dead on the spot and 24 others injured, said Banghabandhu Bridge West police station officer-in-charge Syed Shaheed Alam.
The injured were rushed to Sirajganj 250-bed hospital where one of the injured died.
The identities of the deceased could not be known yet.
In Nilphamari, two people were killed and two others injured after a bus hit an auto-rickshaw in Dhoyera bus stand area of Jaldhaka upazila.
Deceased Rahim, 32, and Alam, 35 were passengers of the auto-rickshaw, said Jaldhaka police station officer-in-charge Sohrab Hossain.
The accident took place around 3:00am when a ‘Josheda Paribahan’ bus dashed the auto-rickshaw, leaving the two dead on the spot and two others injured, he said.
In Rajshahi, a day labourer was killed after being hit by a truck on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway in Bypass Rail gate area of Godagari upazila in the morning.
The deceased is Somoy Lalu, 60, son of one late Belal Uddin.
Godagari police station officer-in-charge Jahangir Alam said the truck hit Somoy around 6:00am while he was crossing the road, leaving him dead on the spot.
(Justnews/ys/1250hr)
