Jhenaidah, Rajbari road accidents kill four

A total of four persons were killed in separate road accidents in Jhenaidah and Rajbari districts on Thursday, reports UNB.

In Jhenaidah, two fish traders died after a pickup in which they were travelling crashed into a truck parked along the busy Jhenaidah-Kaliganj highway in Jhenaidah in the early hours of Thursday.

The deceased were identified as Ohiduzzaman and Lutfar Rahman, both from Jashore district.

The accident occurred around 1.30am when the Jashore-bound pickup transporting fish from Bogura crashed into a truck parked in Kaliganj, leaving the duo dead on the spot, said Kaliganj fire service station manager Sheikh Mamunur Rashid.

In Rajbari, two cousins returning to their respective homes from Dhaka to celebrate Eid with their families in Jhenaidah died after a three-wheel vehicle they were travelling in overturned in Rajbari district town early on Thursday morning. The deceased were identified as Azizur Rahman, 22, and Matiur Rahman, 35, of Shailakupa upazila of Jhenaidah district. Four other occupants of the commercial vehicle, including its driver, sustained injuries in the road accident.

The accident occurred around 5.15am on Rajbari-Kushtia Road when the vehicle with the six occupants overturned after the driver lost control, leaving the cousins dead on the spot and the others injured, said sub-inspector of Sadar Police Station, Moazzem Hossain.