Three die in Sylhet road crashes

SYLHET, Aug 08 (UNB): At least three persons including a teenage boy were killed in separate road accidents in Gopalganj and Fenchuganj upazilas on Wednesday and Tuesday night.

In Gopalganj, two persons were killed while two others injured in a head-on collision between a sand-laden truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Hetimganj on Wednesday morning.

The deceased were identified as Tarmuj Ali, 45, and Suruj Mia, 40, both son of Sikandar Ali of Ghurarkul village, said AKM Fazlul Haque, officer-in-charge of Gopalganj Model Police Station.

Soon after the accident, the agitated mob set fire on the truck while the driver managed to flee the scene.

Later, the injured two were rushed to Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital immediately.

In Fenchuganj, a teenage boy was killed as a speeding microbus ran over him on Sylhet-Fenchuganj road on Tuesday night.

The deceased was identified as Rezaul Haque, 17, son of Shafiq Mia of Ilashpur village in the upazila.