Tangail, Kushtia road accidents leave four dead

TANGAIL, Oct 16 (UNB): Three members of a family were killed after a truck carrying a group of workers plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Shubulla area of Mirzapur upazila on Tuesday morning.

The deceased were identified as Niranjan, 30, his wife Sagori and their daughter Swarna, hailing from Joypurhat district.

AKM Abu Kaiser, officer-in-charge of Gorai Highway Police, said the accident took place when a Joypurhat-bound truck carrying around 30 workers from Chandra plunged into the ditch after its driver lost control over the steering, leaving the trio dead on the spot and injuring 21 others.

The injured were admitted to different hospitals of the upazila.

In Kushtia, a young man was killed as a tractor overturned on Kushtia-Meherpur road at Taltola in Mirpur upazila on Tuesday morning.

The deceased was identified as Saddam Hossain, 30, son of Jannat Hossain.

Witness said the tractor overturned on the road around 9:30 am after the driver lost his control over the wheel for reckless driving, leaving Saddam and its driver critically injured.

The injured were rushed to the Kushtia General Hospital where the duty doctors declared Saddam dead.