Road crashes kill five in three districts

SAVAR, Nov 24 (UNB): Three people, including a mother and her son, were killed and another was injured in separate road crashes in Majidpur and Ashulia areas on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Jhuma Khatun, 22, wife of Sohel Mia of Shivalaya Manikganj, their son Abdullah and Mahela Khatun, 45.
In Ashulia, a truck hit a motorcycle near Kohinur Spinning Mills at Nabinagar, killing Jhuma and her three years old son on the spot and injuring her husband severely.
The injured was admitted to a local hospital.
Meanwhile, in Majidpur area, a bus of 'Itihas Paribahan' ran over Maleha, leaving her dead on the spot.
Locals seized the bus but its driver managed to flee, said sub-inspector of Savar Model Police Station Depankar.
In Satkhira, a farmer was killed as a human hauler overturned at Jethua village in Tala upazila on Saturday morning.
The deceased was identified as Gour Chandra Ghosh, 55, son of Chandra Ghosh of the village.
Russel Mehedi, officer-in-charge of Tala Police Station, said the human hauler carrying Gour overturned on the road when he was going to a field to bring paddy, leaving him dead on the spot.
On information, police recovered the body.
In Habiganj, a man was killed and 20 people were injured as a bus tumbled into a ditch on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway at Natun Bazar in Nabiganj upazila on Saturday morning.
The deceased was identified as Safi Kamal Chowdhury, 40, medical officer of Chevron Bangladesh and son of Dr Muzibur Rahman of Bahubal upazila here.
The accident took place around 9:30am when a Sylhet-bound 'Sylhet Express' bus from Habiganj plunged into a roadside ditch, leaving him dead on the spot and 20 people injured, said sub-inspector Md Nazrul Islam of Sherpur Highway Police.
On information, police recovered the body and took the injured to MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, the SI added.