Four persons were killed in separate road accidents in Chattogram and Tangail districts on Tuesday and Monday night, report agencies.
In Chattogram, two people have died and another has been injured after a head-on collision between two trucks in Chattogram district.
The incident occurred on the Chattogram-Khagrachhari highway in Hathazari upazila's Matha area early on Tuesday, according to the police.
A truck carrying rubber was headed from Ramgar to Chattogram when it slammed into a stone-laden truck travelling in the opposite direction, said Inspector Adil Mahmud of the Najirhat Highway Police Outpost.
Md Rubel, the driver of the rubber-laden truck, and Md Alamgir, his assistant, were killed in the collision, he added.
Meanwhile, the driver of the stone-laden truck, 60-year-old Nurunnabi, was admitted to Chattogram Medical College Hospital with injuries.
In Tangail, two motorcyclists, including an SSC examinee, were killed in a road accident at Kamalpur area of Sagardighi union under Ghatail upazila of the district on Monday night.
The deceased were identified as Adnan Sohag, 18, son of Jasim Uddin of Indra Baid village of Laxinder union and an SSC examinee of Sagardighi High School, and Sabuj Miah, 20, son of Mintu Miah, resident of the same area.
The accident occurred when they went on a motorcycle trip and hit an auto van around 8pm on Monday night. SSC examinee Sohag died on the spot and Sabuj was injured, police said.
Sabuj died on the way to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, he added.
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