At least 12 people were killed in road accidents in Sylhet, Gaibandha, Habiganj and Bogra on Friday.
In Sylhet, five people have been killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a car on the Sylhet-Dhaka Highway in Boraya Chanpur region of Osmaninagar upazila.
The incident took place around 5:30am on Friday when a Sylhet-bond bus collided with a bus of Comilla Transport, confirmed Mainul Islam, officer-in-charge of Sylhet Highway police.
Police are yet to ascertain the identities of the deceased, all of whom were passengers of the car, said Mainul.
Local fire service station began rescue operation after the accident and took one of the injured to Osmani Medical College Hospital for treatment. The car had to be cut out to bring out the body of the five, OC Mainul added.
In Gaibandha, three garment workers on their way to their village homes from Dhaka have been killed after a covered van collided head-on with their car.
The accident took place at the Nundah Bridge area of the Dhaka-Rangpur Highway in Gobindaganj upazila in the early hours, confirmed Gobindaganj Highway police station OC Abdul Kader Jilani.
The deceased Shahimul Islam, 50, Shaheb Miya, 30, and Kajal Miya, 30, all passengers of the covered van were killed as tiles, carried as a cargo of the covered van, fell on them.
Three injured from the accident were taken to Gobindaganj Upazila Health Complex.
In Habiganj, three were killed and four others were injured as a bus and a car collided head-on at Putijuri Abdanarayan area in Bahubol upazila.
One of the deceased was identified as Shahida and the identities of the other two is yet to be ascertained. All of them were garment workers, confirmed Bahubol Model police station OC Md Kamruzzaman.
The workers rented a car and were travelling by it with passengers over its capacity when it collided with the bus of Monohardi Paribahan coming from the opposite side, according to OC Kamruzzaman.
In Bogra, a 28-year-old woman has been killed in a motorcycle accident on the Bogra-Natore Highway at Ranbagha area in the morning.
The deceased was identified as Shapla Khatun, 28, of Nandigram village, confirmed Kundarhat police outpost Sub-Inspector Saiful Islam.
Quoting the victim's husband SI Saiful said the husband lost control over his motorbike and they fell on the road when a stone-laden truck ran over Shapla and killed her on the spot.
