Road crashes claim three lives in two dists

Three persons were killed in separate road accidents in Gopalganj and Joypurhat districts on Wednesday and Thursday, reports UNB.

In Gopalganj, a man was killed and three were injured when a bus collided head-on with a private car on Dhaka-Khulna highway at Rataile in Kashiani upazila of Gopalganj district in the early hours of Thursday.

The dead is Mohammad Ullah (40), a private car driver and son of Abdul Latif of Manikganj district.

The accident occurred around 9: 00 am when the Dhaka-bound 'Emad Paribahan' bus from Pirojpur hit the Satkhira-bound private car from Manikganj, leaving one dead on the spot and three injured, said Zillur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Kashiani thana.

The car also caught fire as the gas cylinder of the vehicle exploded after the accident. The fire also spread to the bus.

In Joypurhat, two people died and two others were injured after an oil tanker hit a battery-operated three-wheeler in Joypurhat's Kalai area on Wednesday.

The incident happened around 7:00 pm on Wednesday.

The dead are the driver of the three-wheeler, Rafiqul Islam, and Abdus Sobhan, a passenger.

Wasimul Bari, officer-in-charge of Kalai thana, confirmed the matter.