B'baria, Kurigram road crashes kill five

A total of five persons were killed in separate road accidents in Brahmanbaria and Kurigram districts on Wednesday, reports UNB.

In Brahmanbaria, three people were killed and six others injured in a triangular crash involving a truck, a pick-up van and a microbus on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Wednesday.

The deceased were identified as microbus driver Pavel Mia, Fazilatunnesa, wife of Latu Mia of Nasirnagar upazila, and Raisa, daughter of Manik Mia of Habiganj district.

Margub Touhid, officer-in-charge of Khatihata highway police, said the accident occurred in Barogharia area in the morning when the truck rammed into then microbus and then then pick-up van crashed into the truck, leaving three people dead on the spot and six others injured.

In Kurigram, a woman and her daughter died and three others injured after a truck collided with an autorickshaw at Bhurungamari upazila in Kurigram district on Wednesday afternoon.

The accident happened on the Sonahat land port road at Ghuntighor of the upazila, said Bhurungamari Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Munirul Islam.

The deceased were identified as Momena Begum (45) and Munni Akhter, 25, of Mahiganj Chandaniya village of the upazila.

According to eyewitnesses and police, passersby rescued the injured and took them to the Bhurungamari Upazila Health Complex. Doctors declared Munni dead at the hospital. Due to the severity of their injuries, doctors referred the other passengers to Rangpur. On the way to Rangpur, Momena succumbed to her injuries.

Police seized the truck, but the driver fled the scene.