Dhaka, Dec 15 (Just News) : Road Accident LogoAt least six people were killed in separate road accidents in Pabna, Rajshahi, Sirajganj and Jashore districts on Friday.
In Pabna, a motorcyclist and his wife were killed as his vehicle hit a roadside tree after the man lost control over the bike on Chatmohar-Tebunia road in Neutigachha area of Chatmohar upazila.
The deceased are Monirul Islam, 45, assistant accountant of Faridpur LGED office and son of a certain late Sirajul Islam of SR Para in Bhangura municipality area and his wife Afroza Khatun, 35.
Quoting witness, officer-in-charge of Chatmohar police station Nasir Uddin said Monirul's motorcycle hit the tree while trying to save a dog around 4:30pm, leaving the couple dead on the spot.
On information, police recovered the bodies from the spot, he added.
In Rajshahi, two women were killed after being hit by a speedy truck on Dhaka-Rajshahi highway in Gopalhati Fakirparadhalan area of Puthia sadar upazila.
The deceased are Suruji Biswas, 35, wife of a certain Dhiren Biswas and Sheuli Biswas, 25, wife of Shyamal Biswas, both hailing from Dhananjoypara village in the upazila.
Officer-in-charge of Puthia police station Shakil Uddin Ahmed said the truck hit two passengers of a human hauler when they fell down on the road after a tyre of the vehicle came off, leaving the duo dead on the spot.
Five female passengers and the driver of the human hauler were injured. One of the injured was taken to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital considering the severity of her injury, said police.
In Sirajganj, an army man was killed and 13 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Mulibari of the district sadar.
The deceased is Zahidul Islam, 28, from Alamdanga upazila in Chudanga and a lance corporal of Bangladesh Army posted at Ghatail Cantonment in Tangail.
In Jashore, a van driver named Zahanur, 40, resident of Kandanpur village in Monirampur upazila, was killed while two others injured as his vehicle collided head-on with a truck on Jashore-Chuknagar road in Monirampur upazila.
(JustNews/mj/1140hr.)
