10 killed in road crashes in 5 dists

10 killed in road crashes in 5 dists

Dhaka, Jun 17 (Just News): At least 10 people, including two schoolteachers, were killed in separate road accidents in Chattogram, Sylhet, Chandpur, Habiganj and Jhenidah districts on Friday and Saturday.

In Chattogram, three members of a family were killed in a head-on collision between two buses in Sahgodi Nimtoli of Patiya upazila around 11 am on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Hridoy Ranjan Das, 70, a teacher hailing from Chiringa area of Cox's Bazar, his wife Basanti Das, 55, and their son-in-law Shibakar Das, 40.

Hridoy and Basanti died on the spot and Shibhakar sustained severe injuries in the accident.

Locals rushed the injured to Chittagong Medical Collage Hospital (CMCH) where the duty doctor declared Shibankar dead, said MizanurRahman, in-charge of Patiya Highway Police outpost.

In another road crash, two people - Kiron Bala Das, 60, and Lutfur Rahman, 30, died when a bus hit a roadside tree after its driver lost control over the steering on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway at Shuklalhat in Barabkunda around at 11:45 am.
Meanwhile, an unidentified woman was killed after being hit by a human-hauler while crossing Dhaka- Chattogram highway at Madambibirhat in Sitakunda upazila around 5 pm on Friday.

In Habiganj, the headmaster of a primary school was killed as a bus ran over him at Uttarbazar in Chunarughat upazila headquarters on Saturday noon. The deceased was identified as Didar Ahmed, 40, the headmaster of Badhberi Government Primary School in the upazila. The accident took place around 12:15 pm when Didar was going back to his home by a motorbike, witnesses said. As he tried to overtake a CNG-run auto-rickshaw, he fell down from the bike and a speedy bus ran him over, leaving him dead on the spot. In Jhenidah, a motorcyclist was killed in a road accident on Magura-Jhenidah highway at Madhupur Pachmail area on Saturday noon.

The deceased was identified as Sohan, 15, son of late Liton Mondol of Paschim Ramnagar village of the district.

In Sylhet, an elderly woman died after being slipped off a human-hauler while getting down from it at Roypur in Kanigahat upazila around 6pm on Friday.

The deceased was identified as Razia Begum, 55, wife of Jamsed Ali of Barochatul village of the upazila.

Locals rushed her to the Upazila Health Complex where the duty doctors declared her dead.

In Chandpur, hawker Saleh Ahmed, 40, son of Abdul Bashar Miaji of Tamta area in Shahrasti upazila, was killed after falling off a rickshaw when a private car hit it around 6:30 pm on Friday.

Police seized the car but its driver managed to flee the scene, said sub-inspector Kutubuddin of Shahrasti Police Station.

(Justnews/ys/1130hr)