A total of six persons were killed in separate road accidents in Sylhet and Jamalpur districts on Tuesday, report agencies.
In Sunamganj, three fish traders were killed and two were injured as a pickup van carrying them and fish crashed into a roadside tree in Chhatak upazila of Sylhet on Tuesday morning.
The deceased were identified as Abdul Karim, Nurul Haque and Asad Uddin, hailing from several areas of Jamalganj upazila in Sunamganj.
Police and locals said the pickup van carrying the traders and fish was going to Sylhet from the district's Jamalganj upazila around 11 am.
The pickup van hit the roadside tree after the driver lost control over the wheels in Borokapon area under Jaouya Bazar union of Chhatak upazila, leaving the three dead on the spot and two critically injured, they said.
Sub-inspector Abdul Kabir of Joykalas Highway Police confirmed the matter, saying that after being informed, a police team rushed to the spot and was working to recover the bodies.
In Jamalpur, three persons including a driver were killed and three others injured in a road accident on Jamalpur-Mymenshingh road under Jamalpur Sadar here on Tuesday afternoon.
According to police sources, a CNG run auto-rickshaw from Mymenshingh collided head on with a sand laden truck coming from opposite direction at Bharuakhali area at around 4:20 pm. In the accident, driver of the auto rickshaw and its two passengers died on the spot. Three other passengers of the auto-rickshaw were also injured.
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