Dhaka, Nov 29 (Just News): Nine people, including seven women, were killed and 25 others injured in separate road accidents in Sirajganj and Pabna districts on Thursday.
In Sirajganj, a collision involving three vehicles on the eastern side of the Bangabandhu Bridge at Kodda intersection in Sadar upazila in the morning left five women, including a mother and her two daughters, dead and 23 other people injured.
The deceased are Rehena, 40, wife of Abdul Awal, and their two daughters Romana, 16, and Ridy, 14, of Char Nirakor in the upazila, Sumi Akhter, 55, wife of Arif, and Ayesha, 35, of Salanga.
Snigdha Akter, additional superintendent of police, said a Dhaka-bound 'Alif Paribahan' bus hit another bus from behind as its driver lost control over the steering while a speeding truck coming from the opposite direction crashed into the two buses around 11:30 am, leaving five people dead on the spot and 23 others injured.
Besides, a truck driver Morshedul, 35, hailing from Shibganj in Bagura and helper Arif, 22, son of Afsar Ali, hailing from Jashore district, were killed and two other people injured in a head-on collision between two trucks at Sayedabad in Sadar upazila around 1am.
Abdul Hamid, deputy assistant director of Sirajganj Fire Service and Civil Defence, said a Northern region-bound iron rod-laden truck from Dhaka collided with another truck, leaving two people dead on the spot.
On information, a firefighting unit went to the spot and recovered the bodies.
In Pabna, Rini Khatun, 35, wife of Akbar Ali, and their daughter Barsha, 7, were killed and another person was injured when a trolley hit a van carrying them at Char Bangania in Sadar upazila.
Obaidul Haque, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said the accident took place around 9 am when the brick-laden trolley crashed into the van, leaving the duo dead on the spot and van-puller Akbar injured.
