Gopalganj, Lalmonirhat road accidents kill two

Two persons were killed in separate road accidents in Gopalganj and Lalmonirhat districts on Sunday, report agencies.

In Gopalganj, driver of a motorised rickshaw van has died after his vehicle collided with a car in Gopalganj district.

At least three passengers on the private car were injured in the accident that occurred around 7am on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Pathalia on Sunday, said Sub-Inspector Asadur Rahman of Gopalganj Sadar Police Station.

The dead driver was identified as Zikrul Molla, 65, from Boro Gawla village in Bagerhat.

The car was headed to Khulna from Dhaka when it crashed into the motorised rickshaw van going to Gopalganj's Bedgram from Bhatiyapara, SI Asadur said.

"The van was severely damaged and the driver was killed on the spot. The private car veered halfway into a roadside ditch, leaving three passengers injured."

Police subsequently took the injured passengers and the dead driver to the 250-bed Gopalganj General Hospital.

In Lalmonirhat, a cattle trader was killed and three others were injured in a road accident in Tiktikir Hat area on Fulbari-Barobari Road under Sadar pazila in the district on Sunday.

The deceased was Shahidul Islam, 50, of Kurigram district.

Local people said the accident occurred this morning in the Tiktikir Hat area on Fulbari-Barobari Road as a Votvoti (locally made three-wheeler) overturned. Shahidul Islam died on the spot.

Officer-in-Charge of Lalmonirhat Sadar Thana Abdul Quader confirmed.

A case was filed, he added.