11 killed in separate accidents
Friday, 19 December 2008
Sixteen people were killed in separate accidents across the country Thursday, reports UNB.
Five people were killed and 10 others injured as a bus collided with a truck on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Andiura in Madhabpur Upazila due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.
Local people said the truck plunged into a roadside ditch when hit by the Sylhet-bound bus from Rangpur from behind at about 4:00 am, leaving both the vehicles badly damaged.
Truck driver and four bus passengers died on the spot. Two of the deceased were identified as Din Islam (45), and Kamal Miah (43), while the other deceased could not be identified immediately.
Meanwhile, a transport businessman was killed in a road accident at Lakuhati on Kishoreganj-Hossainpur road in Hossainpur Upazila.
Police said Jahidul Haque (35), of Harua in town, was traveling on his own tractor for going to Hossainpur from district town.
On the other hand, a local Chhatra League leader was killed as a truck rammed into his motorbike at Garfa in Mollahat Upazila Thursday.
Meanwhile, four people were killed as a truck crashed into a private car on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Baluakandi in Gazaria Upazila.
Five people were killed and 10 others injured as a bus collided with a truck on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Andiura in Madhabpur Upazila due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.
Local people said the truck plunged into a roadside ditch when hit by the Sylhet-bound bus from Rangpur from behind at about 4:00 am, leaving both the vehicles badly damaged.
Truck driver and four bus passengers died on the spot. Two of the deceased were identified as Din Islam (45), and Kamal Miah (43), while the other deceased could not be identified immediately.
Meanwhile, a transport businessman was killed in a road accident at Lakuhati on Kishoreganj-Hossainpur road in Hossainpur Upazila.
Police said Jahidul Haque (35), of Harua in town, was traveling on his own tractor for going to Hossainpur from district town.
On the other hand, a local Chhatra League leader was killed as a truck rammed into his motorbike at Garfa in Mollahat Upazila Thursday.
Meanwhile, four people were killed as a truck crashed into a private car on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Baluakandi in Gazaria Upazila.