Road accidents kill three in two districts

Three people were killed and 17 others injured in separate road accidents in two districts on Monday, reports UNB.

In Mymensingh: two people were killed being hit by a truck in Bagar Bazar Signboard area in Trishal Upazila.

The deceased were identified as Fazlu Mia, 50, and Alauddin Mia, 70, of Narayanpur village in the upazila.

Azizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Trishal Police Station, said a Mymensingh-bound truck knocked them down while they were returning home from a tea stall at around 07:30 am, leaving them dead on the spot.

On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital morgue.

In Thakurgaon: a woman was killed and 17 other people were injured when a bus plunged into a ditch at Sattyapir Bridge in the district town early Monday.

The identity of the deceased could not be known yet.

Quoting witnesses, Ashiqur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said the accident took place at around 04:00 am when the Panchagarh-bound bus of 'Hanif Enterprise' fell off from a bridge and plunged into a road side ditch after hitting an electric pole, leaving the woman dead on the spot.

The injured were taken to local hospital.