7 die in road accidents in 3 dists

At least 7 people were killed and 10 others injured in road accidents in Sirajganj, Khulna and Jessore districts in the last 24 hours ending at 7pm on Friday. In Sirajganj, an unidentified van-puller died on the spot and 10 pedestrians sustained injuries after a Dhaka-bound bus of ‘Tuhin Enterprise’ hit them in Konabari under Kamarkhand Upazila around 3:00pm. Of the injured, critically 7 people were admitted to a local hospital and different clinics. In Khulna, four people were killed in a collision between a BRTC bus and an easy-bike (human hauler) on Khulna–Jessore highway in the city. The deceased were identified as easy-bike driver Elias Hossain Babu, 30, its passengers Shahidul Islam, 42, Siddiqur Rahman, 40, and Abdul Aziz Sheikh, 41. Police said the Jessore-bound BRTC bus from Tungipara of Gopalganj collided head-on with the battery-run three-wheeler in front of the BGB Camp at Goalkhali around 3pm, leaving the four dead on the spot. The accident also disrupted traffic on the highway for 1 hour. In Jessore, a truck crashed into a motorcycle on Benapole-Jessore road in Nabharan Khajura of Benapole in the evening, leaving two motorcyclists dead on the spot. The deceased were identified as Ripon Hossain, 26, son of Abdur Rashid of Doulatpur village in Benapole, and Mehidi Hasan, 28, son of Golam Rasul of Mithapukur Upazila of Rangpur district. Police said the accident took place around 7pm when the two men on a motorcycle were going to Bagachra Bazar from Nabharan Bazar, according to a news agency.