A total of five persons were killed in separate road accidents in Mymensingh and Sylhet districts on Wednesday and Tuesday night respectively, report agencies.
In Mymensingh, two people including an army personnel were killed and 15 others injured in a collision between a bus and a truck on Sherpur-Mymensingh highway in Phulpur upazila of Mymensingh district on Wednesday.
The deceased were identified as Rezaul Karim, 35, a truck driver of Bangladesh Army, and Abdul Baset, 50, a bus driver.
Rashedul Hasan, officer-in-charge of Phulpur Police Station, said the accident occurred at Balia intersection when a Sherpur-bound bus collided head-on with a truck of Bangladesh Army, leaving 17 people injured.
Among the injured the driver of both the vehicles died on the way to a local hospital.
In Sylhet, a seven-year-old child was killed after being run over by a truck in the Jaflong area of Gowainghat Upazila on Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Nayan Mia, son of Khairul Islam of Kashipara area in Osmaninagar Upazila. He had been living with his family in a rented house in Mohammadpur
area of Jaflong.
According to local residents and police, the accident occurred around 11:30 am on the Mamaar Dokan-Mohammadpur road when Nayan was crossing the road. In Sylhet, two people were killed in separate road accidents in Golapganj and Beanibazar upazilas of the district on Tuesday.
In Beanibazar, a passenger was killed in a head-on collision between a hydraulic tractor and a tom-tom in the Basantapur area of Ashirganj around 9:00 am. The deceased was identified as Kamal Hossain, 42, son of Maktar Ali of Barout village under Tilpara union of the upazila.
In Golapganj upazila, a 30-year-old motorcyclist was found dead in the Fulbari area around 8:00 am.
The identity of the deceased could not be confirmed immediately.
