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Road crashes kill six in three dists-

Saturday, 16 July 2022


Six people were killed and 15 others injured in separate road accidents in Dhaka city, Gazipur, Narayanganj and Bogura districts on Friday, report agencies.
In Gazipur, three motorcycle riders were killed when a private car hit their bike on the Konabari flyover in Gazipur on Friday noon, police said.
The dead are Raju Islam (26), Md Shamim (26) and Shahin Islam (31) from Konabari's Dewliyapara area.
A three-year-old kid was severely injured in the crash and sent to hospital.
The car and the motor bike were badly damaged, police said.
According to the police, the four were going to Baimail from Konabari College Gate area. A private car hit them when they were crossing the Konabari flyover. All of them fell off the flyover, which resulted in the instant death of two riders and serious injuries of the other two.
Raju died on his way to hospital, while Raisa, the injured kid, has been sent to Pangu Hospital (National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation) for treatment.
In Narayanganj, a collision between a bus and a car has left a university student dead and three others injured in Narayanganj.
The incident occurred in the city's Madanpur area around 11:30 am on Friday.
The victim is Mahima (22), a third year student of English at Dhaka's East West University.
Rahad (25), Anan (22) and Kazi (22) were injured in the accident.
A group of around 12 students were going on a trip to Panam City in Narayanganj when one of their cars collided with a bus, according to Mahima's classmate Asif, who was travelling in another car.
"The collision occurred after we reached Madanpur, leaving four of them injured. Mahima was pronounced dead by a doctor at Dhaka Medical College Hospital," he said.
Meanwhile, three cars have collided in the city's Gulshan, leaving one person injured.
After two cars crashed into each other at Gulshan-1 roundabout around 6:30 am on Friday, another car hit them, said Kamrul Islam, a traffic police inspector.
In Bogura, two persons including a woman were killed and 10 others injured in a collision between two buses in Sherpur upazila of the district on Friday afternoon.
Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
In-charge of Sherpur Highway police camp Baniul Anam said the accident occurred on Ghoga Bridge on the Dhaka-Bogura Highway around 3:30 pm.