Road crashes kill nine in six districts

At least nine people were killed and 12 others injured on Saturday in separate road accidents in Chattogram, Narayanganj, Chapainawabganj, Bogura, Panchagarh and Sirajganj districts, reports UNB.

In Chattogram, two people were killed and seven others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus in Keranihat area in Satkania Upazila on Saturday morning.

The deceased were identified as Abdur Razzak (35) and Nasrin Sultana (28).

Mizanur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Dohazari Highway police station, said the Cox's Bazar-bound 'Saint Martin's Paribahan' bus collided with the Chattogram-bound microbus, leaving the duo dead on the spot and seven other passengers of the microbus injured. In Narayanganj, an auto-rickshaw driver and a passenger were killed on the spot as a bus crushed their auto-rickshaw in Dhakeshwari area of Sidhirganj in the early hour.

The deceased were identified as Monir Hossain (30), auto-rickshaw driver and son of Ratan Mia of Narshingdi and Mabub Alam (29), son of Chan Mia of Damurda area of Shariatpur.

In Chapainawabganj, two separate road accidents killed two people including a woman.

Sub-inspector of Shibganj Police Station Ainul Haque said a woman was hit by a truck in Pukuria area of Shibganj Upazila while she was crossing the road around 11:00 am.

The driver and his assistant managed to flee but police seized the vehicle, he said.

Meanwhile, a minor girl Sumaiya Khatun was killed on the spot as a trolley hit her while crossing the road in Kaliganj area of Binodpur around 12:00 noon.

In Bogura, a man was killed and four others were injured as a micro-bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw collided head on in Gabtoli area in the Sadar Upazila around 6:00 am.

The injured were rushed to Shahid Ziaur Rahman Medical College, he added.

In Panchagarh, Tabibor Rahman (70), was killed as a truck hit him on Panchagarh-Tentulia Highway at Baristar bazar.

Officer-in-charge of Panchagarh Police Station Rabiul Hasan said Tabibur was killed on the spot and police seized the truck while its driver managed to flee.

In Sirajganj, Moniza Khatun (49), died while her husband, Sanowar Hossain (55), sustained injuries as a bus hit their motor-cycle at Hatikumrul on Dhaka-Rajshahi Highway.