Road accidents claim 14 lives

At least 14 people were killed in road accidents in Magura, Jhenidah Cox's Bazar, Noakhali, Cumilla, Tangail and Thakurgaon districts, reports UNB.

In Magura, a man and his daughter were killed and five others were injured as a bus hit a three-wheeler at Kestopur area in Sadar upazila on Monday.

The deceased were identified as Mamtaj Ali, 42, and his daughter Sumaiya, 7, of Harispur village in Khalisha upazila.

Officer-in-charge of Magura Police Station Ilias Hossain said a Jashore bound bus hit a three wheeler around 3 pm killing the father and his daughter on the spot and injuring five others.

The injured were admitted to Magure General Hospital.

The bodies were sent to hospital morgue for autopsy.

In Jhenidah, a motorcyclist was killed as a microbus hit his vehicle in Arappur area of the town on Monday.

The deceased was identified as Azizur Rahman, 40, son of Habibur Rahman of Kumrabaria village of the district.

Office of Jhenidah Fire Service Station Dilip Kumar Sarkar said Azizur was returning to the town from Kushtia and as he reached Arappur area, his motorbike got hit from behind by the microbus. He was seriously injured then.

When the locals rushed him to Jhenidah Sadar Hospital the duty doctor declared him dead, Dilip said.

The body was sent to hospital morgue for autopsy.

In Cox's Bazar, Babu Dey, 16, son of Niranjan Dey of Kuruskul union in Sadar upazila, was killed as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw hit him on Sunday in the afternoon.

Locals said the teenage boy was smashed by the three-wheeler around 3:30 pm, leaving him injured.

He was taken to Sadar Hospital where the on-duty doctor declared him dead, said officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station Farid Uddin.

In Noakhali, three people died while another was injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Laksam-Sonaimuri road at Rampur in Sonaimuri upazila on Sunday.

The deceased were identified as CNG driver Rakib, 25, son of Ruhul Amin, Mizan, 31, and his brother Belal, 39, sons of BachchuMiah of Kathalia village in the upazila.

Quoting locals, Abdullah-Al Masum, additional superintendent of police (Sonaimuri-Chatkhali circle), said the Noakhali-bound bus collided head-on with three-wheeler around 10 am, leaving the trio dead on the spot and the other injured.

On information, police recovered the bodies and took injured Abul, 29, to Noakhali General Hospital, he said.

In Cumilla, a woman was killed as a bus hit her at Kalakachua on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Burichangupazila.

The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Officer-in-charge of Mainamati Highway Police Station MahbuburRahman said the bus dashed the woman around 1am, leaving her dead on the spot.

The body was sent to Cumilla Medical College Hospital for autopsy, he said.

In another accident, Jewel Mollah, 35, a travel agency trader and son of Abdul Kuddus of Belbhuj area of Barura municipality, was killed as a microbus plunged into a roadside ditch.

Officer-in-charge of Barura Police Station Azam Uddin Mahmud said after the accident, locals rushed the victim to Sadar Hospital where doctors declared him dead.

In Tangail, a bus crashed into a motorcycle at Solla on Tangail-Bangabandhu Bridge road around 2.00 pm on Sunday, killing its three riders on the spot.

The identities of the deceased were not available immediately.

Sub-inspector of Bangabandhu Bridge (East) Police Station Nur-e-Alam said they seized the bus but its driver and his helper managed to flee.

In Thakurgaon, two motorcyclists -- Faruk and Kawsar of Parpugi village in sadarupazila -- died on the spot a minibus hit their motorcycle at Mathurapur in the upazila headquarters on Sunday.

The accident also left another rider injured, witnesses said.

Locals rushed injured Rabiul of the same village to Thakurgaon Modern Hospital, said Abdul Latif Mia, officer-in-charge of Thakurgaon Sadar Police Station.