Three persons were killed in separate road accidents in Bagerhat and Jamalpur district on Sunday, reports UNB.
In Bagerhat, two people were killed and two others injured in a collision between a bus and a motorcycle at Baitpur of Sadar upazila on Bagerhat-Pirojpur highway in Bagerhat on Sunday morning.
The deceased were identified as Rony Hawlader, 24, son of Faruk Hawlader of Sonatola village in Sarankhola upazila, and Rabbi Khan, 25, son of Zafar Khan of the same area. The injured were Faisal and Mizan of the same area.
The four victims were coming to Bagerhat town by a motorcycle to appear before a court.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Bagerhat Katakhali Highway Police Station Mizanur Rahman said that the bus 'Dakshin Bangla' of Dhansiri Paribahan from Khulna to Barishal reached Baitpur area it collided with the motorcycle coming from the opposite direction.
Resident Medical Officer of Bagerhat District Hospital Ziaul Adnan Rumel said four people were brought to the hospital after the accident.
Two of them were dead and injured were sent to Khulna Medical College Hospital for better treatment, he said.
Police seized the bus but could not arrest the driver and his assistant.
In Jamalpur, a policeman was killed and another was injured as a train hit a police van at Sheikherbhita railway crossing on Jamalpur-Dewanganj tracks in Sadar upazila on Sunday morning.
Deceased Ahsan Habib, 32, was a constable at Jamalpur Sadar police station, and hailed from Netrokana's Kalmakanda upazila.
The injured constable, Ariful Islam, was undergoing treatment at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital.
Mahbubur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Jamalpur Railway Police Station confirmed the matter, saying that the accident happened early in the morning when a Dewanganj-bound local train from Mymensingh hit the police van while the locomotive was passing the Sheikherbhita rail crossing.
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