Road crashes leave seven dead in two dists

Seven people were killed in separate road accidents in Sirajganj and Kurigram on Thursday and Friday, reports UNB.

In Sirajganj, three farm workers were killed and another was injured when a truck rammed into a motorbike on Hatikumrul-Bonpara highway in Tarash upazila of the district, local police confirmed on Friday.

Witnesses said the accident occurred around 7:00 pm on Thursday when a truck laden with gas cylinders hit the motorcycle at Mohishluti. The four were returning to Hatikumrul.

Swapan Kumar (25), Ashish Kumar (28) and Palak (30)--all from Bridhamarich village in Bhangura upazila of Pabna district--died on the spot. The injured has been admitted to Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib General Hospital in Sirajganj.

Lutfar Rahman, officer-in-charge of Hatikumrul Highway thana, confirmed the accident and said the bodies were handed over to the victims' families.

A case has been filed in this regard, the OC added.

In Kurigram, four people, including three members of a family, were killed and another was injured in a head-on collision between a Dhaka-bound bus and an auto-rickshaw in Nageshwari area of Kurigram district on Thursday night.

The dead are Jalil Sarker (auto driver), son of Samuddi Sheikh, Shahidul Islam, his daughter Sumaiya, and his mother Sufia Begum of West Raiganj area of the upazila.

Shahidul Islam's wife Shahnaj Begum was admitted to hospital in critical condition.

Agitated local people blocked the road after the accident.

On information, officer-in-charge of Nageshwari thana Nabiul Hasan and UNO Nur Ahmed Masum rushed to the spot and pacified the mob.