A total of five persons were killed in separate road accidents in Pabna and Nilphamari districts on Sunday, reports UNB.
In Pabna, three people, including two school students, were killed and another was injured when a truck overturned onto their van in Sadar upazila of Pabna district on Sunday morning.
The accident occurred in the Bangabari area along Dhaka-Pabna highway, police said.
The deceased are Tasnia and Toha, students of Pabna Cadet Collegiate School in Jalalpur, and the van driver Akram. Details about the deceased could not be known immediately.
The injured passenger is Sad Hossain, a resident of Madhupur village under the upazila.
Quoting witnesses, police said the van was carrying the students from Pushpapara toward Jalalpur when a bamboo-laden truck approached from the opposite direction.
The truck driver braked suddenly to avoid colliding with another vehicle, causing the truck to tip over onto the van, leaving the trio dead on the spot and another injured.
The injured is undergoing treatment at Pabna General Hospital.
In Nilphamari, a grandmother and her 14-day-old granddaughter were killed when a pickup truck hit them while they were on their way to a vaccination center at Dimla upazila in Nilphamari district.
The incident occurred around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday near Goyabari School and College in Goyabari Union.
The victims, Surya Khatun, 55, and her granddaughter Samia Akter, were struck by the vehicle. Samia died on the spot, while Surya Khatun was taken to Dimla Upazila Health Complex, where she was declared dead on-arrival by the attending doctor.
The pickup driver fled the scene immediately. The vehicle has been seized.
