Road accidents kill four in three dists

Four people are killed in separate road accidents in three districts - Kushtia, Brahmanbaria and Rajshahi on Sunday, report agencies.

In Kushtia, two persons were killed in separate road accidents.

The deceased were identified as Tuhin Pramanik, 45, a motor cyclist and resident of Ranakhoria village in Mirpur upazila and Abdur Rahman, 30, a truck driver and inhabitant of Poshchim Shariatpur village in Potuakhali district.

The accidents left both of them dead on the spot.

The bodies were sent to a hospital for autopsies.

In Brahmanbaria, a woman was killed as a pickup van hit her in Ayubpur area under Bancharampur upazila.

The deceased was identified as Ayesa Begum, 55, wife of Mukaddes Miah, a resident of Chatarkhola village under Nabinagar upazila of the district.

Meanwhile, in Rajshahi, a bus driver was killed and his helper suffered injuries in a road accident near Sarangpur Boro mosque on Dhaka-Chapainawabganj highway in Godagari upazila on Sunday morning.

The deceased was identified as Bilash, 30, driver of a bus of Hanif Paribahan and hailing from Natore district.