Road crashes kill 3 in two districts

Road crashes kill 3 in two districts

Al least three people including a minor girl were killed in separate road crashes in Natore and Khagrachhari districts on Wednesday.

In Khagrachhari, pedestrian Mahmudul Haque, 70, was killed while three others injured in a road crash in Zero Mile area of the district town around 8 am.

Police said the accident took place when a passenger bus collided with a goods-laden pick-up van and covered van coming from opposite direction, leaving four including Mahmudul injured.

They injured were taken to Sadar Hospital where doctors declared Mahmudul dead.

In Natore, a minor child and an unidentified truck driver were killed in separate road crashes.

Sabiha, 7, daughter of Bayezid Hossain, died on the spot as a tractor ran over her in Lalor area of Singra upazila on Tuesday night, said Monirul Islam, officer-in-charge of Singra Police Station.

Sub-inspector Mozammel Haque, in-charge of Jholmolia Highway Police, said the truck driver was killed following a head on collision between two trucks in Harishpur Bypass area of the district town around 2 am.